How can I move files from my PC to my Mac with WD My Passport and then use the HD as an external backup? I have about 1.5 TB of files on the PC and I would like to access them on my MacBook Air but keep them stored on the hard drive. I would then like to use the hard drive as an external backup device and a new place to store my music and films. Does this require re-formatting in order for the PC to get files on there? If so, will I have to 're-re-format' it to read and write from my Mac? I am using a MacBook Air 2012 with OSX 10.7.5 2GB RAM 1.86GHz Duo Core 2 Intel Processor.

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Thanks, Mark. Click to expand.someone else will probably answer this better, but in the meantime. There are different formats for drives, all drives can be formatted in any of them but changing format virtually always means deleting all data. NTFS - micrsoft's format of choice. Works great on a pc. Can't be read or write from a mac unless you buy a 3rd party driver and I've had problems in the past with both of the two main options.

HFS+ - apple's format, so if your drive was bought with a mac sticker on it, its prob this. Windows can't see it without buying a clunky app. FAt32 - very old format, works on anything, and i mean anything.

Pc, mac, wii, televisions, anything. However doesnt handle individual files over 4 gigs. ExFAT- i always have one drive formatted as this so i can access from bootcamp and pc, a modern version of fat32, can handle big files, works on mac and pc.

Just doesnt work on televisions etc. If you definitely never want to use the drive with a pc again, or with bootcamp, then reformat as fat32 or expat, copy the files from pc to drive, drive to mac.

Then reformat (deleting everything) to HFS+ and use with your mac. Click to expand.Yes, use Disk Utility to format it as exFAT. Plug it into your PC. Copy the files to it. Then your Mac will be able to see the files. However, exFAT is not the most reliable filesystem in my experience.

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It's kind of a kludge itself. If you only need to access the external HDD from Macs (not from any Windows PCs), then you might consider transferring the files over the wireless network from to the PC to your Mac (with the external HDD plugged in). It will take a LOT longer, but in the long-term, it might be a more reliable way to store all that data. Or if you have a friend with a spare 1.5TB+ external drive, transfer the files to that drive and then transfer them again to your new drive.