seagate hardrive

My husband was in JB Hifi and there had a special on Seagate 2TB drives so he bought one. On the box it only mentions various Windows operating systems and not Mac at all. If I re-format will it work on a mac or should we take it back and get one that specifically mentions Mac? Cheers Rosemary Sp

Re: Strange case of "oversize video file" ?

Hi Guys, Been following this with some interest ­ but now I¹m a bit confused ;o) If the file size limit on FAT32 is 4GB, why is Stephen having problems with a file that is a bit bigger than 2GB? Is there some sort of issue with files over 2GB (but under 4GB) on FAT32? If not - then Stephens pr

Re: DAS Keyboards for Mac

Stephen, I ordered the brown one last night from Amazon - as it did seem the cheaper alternative - rather expensive though, so I hope it lives up to it’s name. Just wondering if it would work on my 2012 MacPro with a USB2. If not, I’ll use it on my iMac, so it won’t be a problem. Thanks for t

Re: DAS Keyboards for Mac

I did and I absolutely love it Julie. > On 1 Dec 2017, at 12:42 am, Julie Bedford wrote: > > Hi Stephen > > Interested to hear whether you bought the DAS keyboard and how are you > finding it ? > > Jewels > >> On 18 Jun 2017, at 6:44 PM, Stephen Chape > > wrote:

Re: Strange case of "oversize video file" ?

Hi Folks, Just adding my chart on formats & size limits. FAT32 (File Allocation Table) Read/Write FAT32 from both native Windows and native Mac OS X. Maximum file size: 4GB. Maximum volume size: 2TB exFAT (FAT64) Supported in Mac OS X only in 10.6.5 or later. exFAT partitions created with OS X 10.

Re: New DAS Keyboard for Mac (Brown keys)

Apologies Stephen, just went back through the emails and you did give your stamp of approval. As it is German made, I am sure it is still functioning like new. Jewels > On 20 Sep 2017, at 6:48 PM, Julie Bedford wrote: > > Okay, will do. > I’ve never heard of these keyboards, but it appears ther

Re: DAS Keyboards for Mac

Hi Stephen Interested to hear whether you bought the DAS keyboard and how are you finding it ? Jewels > On 18 Jun 2017, at 6:44 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: > > Thank you Ronni. > But still no feedback on the DAS. > > It is said “very high quality made in Germany and will last a lifetime” > >

Re: Strange case of "oversize video file" ?

Many thanks from me too Daniel. I was aware of the trash oddity, it can be a little misleading. To be honest, I’ve not even noticed exFAT, but next time I wish to transfer a file over 2GBs, I will certainly follow your suggestion. Cheers Jewels > On 30 Nov 2017, at 10:54 PM, Daniel Kerr wro

Re: Strange case of "oversize video file" ?

Are yes,…sorry, my bad. Forgot you’d said it was over 2GB. (Sorry I got sidetracked on talking about the Trash,…lol) - I may have misread the email in passing. Ooops..sorry. Too long a day (week),…lol. If ti’s going to a Windoze user and they have a fairly recent Windows system then you should b

Re: Strange case of "oversize video file" ?

Hi Daniel. Thank you for your extensive information. It seems that the issue with MS-DOS (Fat 32) is that it cannot store files above 2GB in size. The video file I wanted to store is 2.3GB. Perhaps Mac OS Journaled does not have this restriction ? But that is an issue if it is to be used by a Wi

Re: Strange case of "oversize video file" ?

Hi Stephen and all,…. Just a few other things that can affect this as well. I’ll try explain it as best as possible. With a Thumb Drive, if you have any items on it, and these get put into the “Trash”, they will stay there. Unless the Trash is “emptied” then although the Thumb Drive “appears em

Re: Strange case of "oversize video file" ?

Hi Rob. Just tried thumb drive 16GB again. Does appear in Finder Sidebar. Also now appears in Disk Utility (must have a mind of its own - now you see me, now you don’t) Formatted in MS-DOS(Fat 32) Other options are: Mac OS Ext Journaled Mac OS Ext Case sensitive Journaled ExFat Which do you sug

Re: Strange case of "oversize video file" ?

Strange. I just inserted one and it came up in disk utility. Another one didn't come up immediately, but did ask if I wanted to erase it. Does the thumb drive appear in the finder? Rob On 30/11/17 6:45 pm, Stephen Chape wrote: Thank you Rob. Do you know how to format a thumb drive ? It does n

Re: Time Machine backup

Hi Peter, thanks for that tip. As it happens, through the night, the TM backup was intelligent enough to figure out that it was actually backing up data already present and so no duplication and it successfully concluded. Not sure why it went into this position of not recognising the old backup

Re: Strange case of "oversize video file" ?

I too have had this in the past and would be interested to know how to format Thanks Jewels > On 30 Nov 2017, at 6:45 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: > > Thank you Rob. > Do you know how to format a thumb drive ? > It does not show up in Disk Utility. > >> On 30 Nov 2017, at 6:38 pm, Rob Phillips >

Re: Strange case of "oversize video file" ?

Thank you Rob. Do you know how to format a thumb drive ? It does not show up in Disk Utility. > On 30 Nov 2017, at 6:38 pm, Rob Phillips wrote: > > Hi Stephen > I've experienced this a few years ago. As I recall > > The drives are probably formatted with one of the old Windows formats - can

Re: Strange case of "oversize video file" ?

Hi Stephen I've experienced this a few years ago. As I recall The drives are probably formatted with one of the old Windows formats - can't remember the name... FAT? On these drives the size limit of a single file is around 2GB If you format the drive with a modern Windows format, it will

Strange case of "oversize video file" ?

Hi folks. Today a friend asked me to copy an MOV file onto a thumb drive for him. The file is 2.23GB. It will not copy to a 8GB or a 16GB or a 32GB thumb drive because “it is too large for the drives”. I have since burnt onto a DVD for him instead. But I cannot understand what happened. Any ide