Can I use this for a Mac and PC at the same time? null

Not if you want the full capacity. If you format it for Windows, Mac can read the drive, but you won't be able to write new files to it from the Mac. If you format it for Mac, Windows won't be able to use it at all. The only way to use it on both is to format it as FAT32, which has a maximum size of 32 GB. If you really knew what you were doing you could split the drive and format part of it NTFS for Windows and the other part HFS for Mac.

Yes you can just make its setup as NTFS format. not fat32. on pc, right click, click format, hit file system NTFS

Mac and PC can read/write to exFat formated drives. You can format the drive to exFat in windows or Mac. I have a 2 TB WD portable that I move between Windows and Mac with no problems.

Most hard drives can be formatted for 1 or the other. Can't imagine this one would be any different.

Pretty sure it can't. It formats itself to work with a specific device. If you use it on your Mac and store stuff on it, then switch to your pc it will ask to reformat it. And if you do then you will lose all your previously saved stuff from the Mac.

Yes you can. Although you need to format it with a FAT file system or make a Mac Partition on it.

You might be able to use it in both, but it will need to be format as FAT32 and you're not going to be able to transfer files bigger than 4GB because it won't let you.

No, you can not us this for a MAC and PC at the same time.

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Not if you want the full capacity. If you format it for Windows, Mac can read the drive, but you won't be able to write new files to it from the Mac. If you format it for Mac, Windows won't be able to use it at all. The only way to use it on both is to format it as FAT32, which has a maximum size of 32 GB. If you really knew what you were doing you could split the drive and format part of it NTFS for Windows and the other part HFS for Mac.
Answered by PD8542 10 years ago
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Yes you can just make its setup as NTFS format. not fat32. on pc, right click, click format, hit file system NTFS
Answered by TroyG 10 years ago
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Mac and PC can read/write to exFat formated drives. You can format the drive to exFat in windows or Mac. I have a 2 TB WD portable that I move between Windows and Mac with no problems.
Answered by Grem 9 years ago
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Most hard drives can be formatted for 1 or the other. Can't imagine this one would be any different.
Answered by MattyP 10 years ago
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Pretty sure it can't. It formats itself to work with a specific device. If you use it on your Mac and store stuff on it, then switch to your pc it will ask to reformat it. And if you do then you will lose all your previously saved stuff from the Mac.
Answered by Ken88 10 years ago
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Yes you can. Although you need to format it with a FAT file system or make a Mac Partition on it.
Answered by jc20071997 10 years ago
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You might be able to use it in both, but it will need to be format as FAT32 and you're not going to be able to transfer files bigger than 4GB because it won't let you.
Answered by JLJR 10 years ago
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No, you can not us this for a MAC and PC at the same time.
Answered by CommunityAnswer 10 years ago
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