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Sharing external HHD between mac and pc?
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Nov 24, 2003, 06:00 AM
 
Hi,

If I get an external FW HDD, how can I share this between a mac and PC.

For example, I might create a movie on the mac and save it to the HDD. Then I'd like to take it to a PC, and burn the movie on the pc using the DVD drive there.

But, I understand I'll have issues because of the different file systems right?

So, what's the best way to work around this?

Many Thanks!
     
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Nov 24, 2003, 07:50 AM
 
Set it up and format it on the pc, and you should be able to use it on your mac.

Mac os X understands fat32 (windows file system) but don't use ntfs.

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