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Mac Mini + External HDD + Xbox 360
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May 4, 2009, 04:50 PM
 
Hi all

I've recently adopted a 1.42GHz Mac Mini. It's a great little machine, which I plan on hooking a 1TB drive up to. Is there any way that I can access the content of the external HDD (formatted in HFS+) that is plugged into my networked Mini, on the Xbox 360 (which is on the same network)?

Thanks in advance.

PS. HFS+ is definitely 360 compatible.
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May 4, 2009, 07:16 PM
 
I don't have an Xbox (and never will; just say no to MS), but a Versiontracker search provides a number of apps, some of which may help you do what you want:

http://www.versiontracker.com/php/qs...&submit=Go

I've heard Connect360 is good.

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May 5, 2009, 01:26 AM
 
I've used Connect360, but haven't been able to check with regards to external drives. The problem is, my only spare one at the minute is in NTFS and it needs to be that, so even if it in can theoretically connect the 360 still won't read it.

Why they can't read NTFS is beyond me.
     
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Update: you can read files from an external HDD using Connect360; as long as the HDD is formatted correctly (FAT32/HFS+)
     
   
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