“My wife has both a Mac and a Windows OS run computers.. My wife uses a Mac for her creating of art type stuff and the Windows computer to run her websites. She wants to use this cloud hard drive to be able to store files to use interchangeably and also as back for both computers. Is this possible with this hard drive?”
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Yes! This product works with almost any device that has wifi capabilities!
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Nope. Windows and Mac, don't play well together.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes, this will allow you to use the files in both. I actually am using it the same way.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I believe the answer to your question actually lies in the file types she is using. Is she using files that cross platforms (ie .doc files for Word) or is she using MAC specific file types and trying to get them to a Windows platform? Since the Mycloud is a Linux device (Debian I believe) it simply provides a network storage area and will be OS agnostic in this regard.
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Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes. Both Mac OSX and Windows systems can read and write to this unit.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.set it up on your network with an RS-45 cable and treat it like a cloud service. Then the PC can use and app provided by WD and the MAC can use it the same way. Ignore the USB cable for your situation.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.They offer seperate drives for each of the operating systems. I don't believe that would work sadly.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Absolutely. The drive can be set up as a "network" drive on each PC/Mac in your household. Or, you can install the WD desktop application on either/both computers and access the drive from there.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.My understanding is that they are both different formats, that means that if you want to use it for MAC then you need to format the HD to work with MAC and it wont work with PC.
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