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I just bought a western digital passport external 160g hard drive for my mac. Do i need to install it or do i just plug it in and thats it. If i have it plugged in i have an icon on my desktop but i feel that is to easy. it gives instructions for installing to windows but not mac.
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mac is simply much easier, just plug it and the icon of (firewire/usb drive) will appear, that's it. However for mac commonly the format of the hard disk is os x journaled and windows is FAT 32. In fat 32 u can't save single file which is bigger than 4gb whereas os x journaled can store it and os x journaled is the format u need if u want to make a bootable HD. If ur HD come with fat 32 format and you want it to be os x journaled, just reformat the HD in disk utility and choose os x journaled as the new format.
mac is simply much easier, just plug it and the icon of (firewire/usb drive) will appear, that's it. However for mac commonly the format of the hard disk is os x journaled and windows is FAT 32. In fat 32 u can't save single file which is bigger than 4gb whereas os x journaled can store it and os x journaled is the format u need if u want to make a bootable HD. If ur HD come with fat 32 format and you want it to be os x journaled, just reformat the HD in disk utility and choose os x journaled as the new format.
how to use a external hard drive on a mac?
i have a imac g5 os x 10.4 and i brought a WD elements external hard drive and i want to know how to set it up to put songs and pictures onto it and i dont know much about computers so can someone explain this in simple terms to me thanks
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Connect the cables (power and usb) and it will be ready to connect to your mac. It should show up automatically on your desktop once you turn power on.
You will need to format it to mac format, do this by launching Disk Utility from Applications>Utilities. Click on the WD icon and click on the Erase tab. Select Mac OS Extended (Journalled) for format and erase.
Once this process is complete you can drag files to your WD drive just like you would to any other removable drive.
Connect the cables (power and usb) and it will be ready to connect to your mac. It should show up automatically on your desktop once you turn power on.
You will need to format it to mac format, do this by launching Disk Utility from Applications>Utilities. Click on the WD icon and click on the Erase tab. Select Mac OS Extended (Journalled) for format and erase.
Once this process is complete you can drag files to your WD drive just like you would to any other removable drive.
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