Re: Formatting an external hard drive

2014-07-11 Thread Diane Bomar
- From: David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com To: 'OS X iOS Accessibility' mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2014 11:03 AM Subject: RE: Formatting an external hard drive I think you probably need to stop top quoting in your email replies as I do not think many will hunt through

RE: Formatting an external hard drive

2014-07-11 Thread David Griffith
Accessibility Subject: Re: Formatting an external hard drive David, I made a booboo, ok, have you ever made a mistake when writing email? I wrote from my iPhone and somehow the message didn't go where I thought it was going. I still stand by what I said, that XFAT is a good solution, for using

Re: Formatting an external hard drive

2014-07-11 Thread Eleanor Martha Burke
and I never read on once I see it. - Original Message - From: David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com To: 'OS X iOS Accessibility' mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 9:59 AM Subject: RE: Formatting an external hard drive I am sure it is an excellent solution and I do

Re: Formatting an external hard drive

2014-07-11 Thread Jimmy Podsim
: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Diane Bomar Sent: 11 July 2014 09:19 To: OS X iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Formatting an external hard drive David, I made a booboo, ok, have you ever made a mistake when writing email? I wrote

Re: Formatting an external hard drive

2014-07-11 Thread Thuy Mallalieu
Hi all. I tried formatting to xfat I can keep files that are bigger than 4 gig in size, but when I connected the drive to a Windows machine, it didn't recognise that the drive had been formatted properly. Is there something else I need to do to make windows recognise the xfat format? Cheers

Re: Formatting an external hard drive

2014-07-11 Thread Jimmy Podsim
I had a similar problem with XFat, that’s why I suggested MSDos fat. When I put the drive on my air port extreme, not even my mac would see it. However, with MSDos fat it does. God bless our troops and God bless America again. Jimmy Podsim. http://www.facebook.com/jimmy.podsim/ Yahoo

RE: Formatting an external hard drive

2014-07-11 Thread Eileen Misrahi
-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Jimmy Podsim Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 6:56 AM To: OS X iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Formatting an external hard drive I had a similar problem with XFat, that's why I suggested MSDos fat. When I put the drive on my air port extreme, not even my mac

Formatting an External Hard Drive

2014-07-11 Thread Eleanor Martha Burke
How do I format an external hard drive to work on my Mac? Prior to this I used it for backing up Windows files. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the

Re: Formatting an External Hard Drive

2014-07-11 Thread John Panarese
With Time Machine, it should automatically format it for you. That's why I warned you about data being erased because that happens during the process. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website,

Re: Formatting an external hard drive

2014-07-01 Thread Leedy Diane Bomar
Diane Bomar Sent from my iPhone On Jul 1, 2014, at 2:25 AM, David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com wrote: If your ambition is to have a drive with full read and write options for both Mac and Windows I would suggest that you use MSDos Fat 32. Windows will not be able to write to the Mac OS

RE: Formatting an external hard drive

2014-07-01 Thread David Griffith
...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Leedy Diane Bomar Sent: 01 July 2014 17:14 To: OS X iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Formatting an external hard drive Diane Bomar Sent from my iPhone On Jul 1, 2014, at 2:25 AM, David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com wrote