Will this work for Mac and Windows? Will this jump drive work for mac and windows? I am a Grad Student and I have to save documents from lab work from a windows computer and be able to pull it up on my personal mac. I am looking for a portable metal hard drive that will allow me to use both Mac and windows computers.

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digitaldigit · Accepted Answer

I use one of these as a back up drive for a macBook. My daughter uses one on her Windows computer. I believe that there is a format that can be read by both systems (exFat or FAT32)

Fly24 · Answer

Yes. Google how to format a drive for Mac and PC. I only go between macs now, but I know this is possible.

Scott · Answer

ye - you will need to have the mac use the PC file system, and you may need to have a proper NTFS driver on the MAC, but it should be fine.

bigdan · Answer

Yes it will work for both

adamt · Answer

yes it will

Queque · Answer

Yes, it will work on both, Mac and Windows.

MontBlanc · Answer

Yes

CommunityAnswer · Answer

Yes, this item will work with Mac and Windows.

IloveBestbuygpt · Answer

Yes you will have to partition the drive first then format each of the Patriots accordingly

Minnesotaflash · Answer

I believe the box says yes, but I have only tried it on Windows 10

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