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You need to buy the one that works in both Windows and Mac. I have one and its great!
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.For the drive to be used to read and write files in both OS's, it has to be reformatted first. Be sure to backup any files on the drive before a reformat because it will destroy all data. The link below is the WD page on reformatting a drive. exFAT may be a better choice than FAT32 for you because it supports large files. https://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase/answer.aspx?ID=291
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Unfortunately if you read the box it says on outside of Box PC or Mac. There is a Mac version. The files structure and formatting for the Mac is different. They are not interchangeable. You have to buy the one for the Mac. You can save Adobe files though to PC or Mac drives. I do it all the time between the two computers.Just save them in Adobe format.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You'll need to reformat it to FAT32, which can be used on Windows 7 or later and Mac. Be sure to backup any files on the drive before a reformat because that destroys all data. The page below is for WD reformat instructions https://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase/answer.aspx?h=p1&ID=291&lang=en&p=238
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