will this work on Mac computers? will you have to reformat it?
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Yes you have to reformat, it comes formatted for Windows, but it works on the Mac fine.
1802749
It will work on a mac computer. Check the file system when you get it. If it is NTFS, yes you will have to reformat. If it is fat32 you can use it in the mac straight away. Either way, I would recommend you reformat it to exfat because fat32 has a much smaller file size limitation.
1099538
According to the data on the box the answer is "YES", it will work on MAC OS X v10.6.8 or later (64-bit required) / MAC OS X v10.7.5 or later.
565850
I am no expert. However, having and being familiar with it, I would venture to respond That I could see no apparent reason why it would not work on mac as well as PC. I would think it to be fairly universal.
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sorry, i really dont know. i use mac osx 10.6.8. from what i've read on it you can get drivers/format it for windows, but i'm not sure which.
878343
Yes but it has to be formatted. It won't work with data from both windows and Mac
735342
No reformatting necessary as the hard drive ships in FAT32 format, which is instantly compatible with a Mac. If there is /any/ chance that you will be hooking into a Mac and a PC at some point, I'd highly recommend leaving the formatting as is (of course you can wipe the drive and then reformat it in MSDOS format through Disk Utility). You cannot easily write to a Windows (i.e., NTFS) drive but you can read it on a Mac. Have no idea as to whether a Windows machine can read/write something that is Mac formatted, however.
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Unfortunately Leda, I have not tried it on a Mac yet, but I do have a Mac in my "other" office (where I do video work) and I'll try and take it over there tomorrow and plug it in to see if it reads it. It's not a laptop, but a tower, but I would think it would be compatible with a Mac. I'll try and let you know what I find out.
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No... It hasn't been updated, but will work fine on an XP operating system... Haven't tried, but it probably works best on a MAC...
1985364
Hi Stephen. All my systems are Mac. Therefore I have not tried using a PC format.
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I really don't know about Mac operating systems but I would assume if your Mac is USB 2.0 and/or 3.0 compatible then I would assume it would work. You will probably have to format it to match your system's file format.
2138321
Yes. It will work on Mac. However some users have reported some issues with Macs, though it should at least be usable.
135684
Yes--but you will need to use Disk Utility to reformat it. Takes just a couple of minutes.
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I just looked at the system requirements and its supports only the Windows format ,and I saw nothing about the Mac ,so unless your Pc can run windows based programs .I would say no, it cannot do it for you ! Sorry ! John K.
986173
sorry. I don't have a Mac. I think it will work.I used the windows but, I had bought for Mac by mistake.however, this works well on Windows.
522173
Yes, it will work. However, you must use the windows key as the command/apple key (it's also in a different spot than you are used to on your mac). Get the mac version if you can't get over this.
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It works with the Mac OS right out of the box. It also can be reformatted via Disk Utility.
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It will work on the Mac if you download VLC media player from VLC.org. It's free.