Can this be used to store photos from my old HP Pavilion laptop Windows 7 operating system and then accessed in the future from my new Apple MacBook Air? null

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NoisyCricket405 · Accepted Answer

Absolutely. You will be able to do that with ease. There is one finer point worth mentioning... 

If you format the drive NTFS, you'll be able to read and write from your Windows machine just fine, and you'll be able to read the files with your Mac... However, you won't be able to then write to the drive with the Mac. You'd have to reformat it with HFS on your Mac first. So keep that in mind. However, if you format it on the Mac first, you can choose FAT32 or HFS+ and choosing FAT32 will let you read and write from the drive on both machines. 

Hope that helps!

DonK · Answer

I have over 32000 photos stored on external hard drive

Gandon · Answer

Yes

Rich · Answer

It can be set up to be compatible with Mac and Windows

Mick · Answer

No, I don't think so the format will be different. You will have to get another drive for that. I am not aware if that can be done on the same drive yet. check with vendor to see for sure. Special apps may apply I am not aware of.

Answered by Mick 9 years ago

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“Can this be used to store photos from my old HP Pavilion laptop Windows 7 operating system and then accessed in the future from my new Apple MacBook Air?”

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