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hipster
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FreeAgent Desktop (Windows) to MAC compatibility

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‎08-23-2009 06:48 PM

Hello,

I have a FreeAgent Desktop unit which was installed on a Windows system and was used as storage for all my pictures.

 

I have now transferred to a MAC. Unit is working fine and I can retrieve all my old images but cannot seem to save any images on the unit with the MAC system.

 

Is there a compatibility issue? Am I missing something here?

 

Thanks for your help. :smileyhappy: 

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Re: FreeAgent Desktop (Windows) to MAC compatibility

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‎08-23-2009 08:54 PM

Check the common issues. You need to format the drive as FAT32 to share the drive. You will need to save the files off the drive before formatting. I would recommend burning DVD's for a second form of backup.
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Re: FreeAgent Desktop (Windows) to MAC compatibility

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‎08-27-2009 01:55 AM

Or keep the drive as NTFS and use a free (MacFuse and NTFS-3G) or commercial (Paragon) utility that allows your Mac to write to NTFS drives.
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