mac to pc

[Conquest150 0]

buddy of mine has some videos on his mac and i want to get copies of them but cant just drag and drop on my external hard drive that is formated for pc. what is the easiest way to go about getting them on my laptop?

[Zlew 0]

How many photos?

Dropbox says it works for PC/Mac. I haven't tried it, but in theory it should work and is free.

*edit- I use it all the time for PC stuff, I just haven't tried it from PC/Mac...but it says it should work fine.

http://www.dropbox.com/

[mccordia 74]

formatted for PC? Should work regardless.

But try a USB stick?

JC
FlyLikeBrick
I'm an Athlete?

[sdls 0]

Hi,

install ntfs-3g to your mac, it should do the job.

More info: http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/

[BMFin 0]

BTW. Mac is also a PC

[OhioDreamsChris 0]

and if your buddy just had a pc this wouldnt be an issue at all

[goobersnuftda 0]

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and if your buddy just had a pc this wouldnt be an issue at all

Yes, you are correct.

[Laszloimage 0]

Your external HD has to be formated to file system FAT32 in order to be compantible with both PC and Mac.
I went through this issue earlier this year. Mac won't recognize NTFS fromatted HDs.
When you go to "My Computer" right click on the connected external drive and select "properties". That will tell you what fileing sysytem is your HD formatted for. If showes NTFS, you have to re-format it for FAT32. Make sure you back up all your data before you doing it so, because re-formating means ereasing all files!!!
For re-formatting right click on the external HD on "My Computer" then select "Format" then you have to select FAT.

[sdls 0]

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Your external HD has to be formated to file system FAT32 in order to be compantible with both PC and Mac.
I went through this issue earlier this year. Mac won't recognize NTFS fromatted HDs.

NTFS-3G will enable NTFS reading and writing on Mac OSX. I have used it with no problems for a while.

FAT32 is not reliable file system. I do not recommend using it.

[Zydrius 0]

wonderfull tool for copyyying from PC -> Mac or vice versa:

Roline USB 2,0 11.02.9198 (google this partnumber)

http://shop.roline.com/shop/artikeldetail/index.html?Artikel-Nr=11.02.9198-10&t_Action=searchKatalog&t_SearchValue=&t_Sort=&t_Hier=&t_CatID=3292&t_ParentID=3292

I have both pc and mac and this shit helps a lot avoiding usb sticks or hdd in between.