“I want this primarily to store my photos, can I use it to get them off of old PC & my new MacBook Air? I have an old PC (compaq) & I'm keeping it around because I have no other way to store my pictures. I bought a MacBook Air, and I love it, but I need something that can get the old pictures & store the new. Will this do that?”
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The issue is that the Mac uses one format to store files and Windows uses another. Mac is HFS or HFS+J (not sure what it stands for :-) ) but you can partition the drive into multiple partitions. Make one for Mac and the other for Windows which is NTFS format and you should be able to use the same drive for both machines. I dropped down into the user manual for the drive and found an entire section with links to WD for downloading tools and instructions if needed. They have a very good support staff and if you have any issues they should be able to help you. Think of it this way: You will be making one box for Mac and one box for Windows on the same hard drive. I was a programmer and analyst for over 40 years and believe me, we did this kind of thing all the time. I understand that Mac has some truly nice utilities for finding drives on a network so if that's the way you are going to work, you should be in good shape. Remember, my opinion but based on experience with WD. Apple has wonderful support people and so does HD so you are in good hands if you have questions.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes you can download wd mycloud app. Or you can also map this as network drive and copy pics back and forth. You can even do ftp transfer
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes, this device has the ability to save data from both a MAC and a Windows machine at the same time. Regards, Valsar
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes as long as you have wifi
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I just bought this drive a week ago and as soon as it was connected to the network, both my HP laptop (about 5 years old) and my MacBook Air that is less than a year old both recognized the drive.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You have to install the wd software in both computers http://wd.com/setup/wdmycloud set them up to connect to your cloud and just transfer all your pictures from your compaq into into the cloud. Once the pictures are in the cloud you can access them from your compaq and Mac any time anywhere and yes, you can keep adding more pictures from your Mac
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes, of course that is the best product to store your personal and official data.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.They would each need there own partition.
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