This format is both readable and writeable by both Mac and PCs. It is possible to format a hard disk on a Mac (or a PC) as an ExFAT format. As standard Windows cannot read or write to HFS+ drives. I have no idea what format the Lacie will initially come as but for arguments sake lets say it will be HFS+ which is the standard format used by Macs. As standard a Mac can read NTFS but cannot format or write to NTFS. The Windows drive in your Dell itself will be in NTFS format. I want everything in one place rather than in two separate places.
Plus I want to be able to have all my data stored on only ONE of these hard drives and not both. My main goal is to be able to use either one of these hard drives on both my Mac and PC without having all of my data erased.The trick is getting either one of these hard drives compatible to use for both my Mac and PC if I need to switch off from one to the other without loosing my data. Am I able to format my LaCie hard drive to have it read/write on PC and Mac, then after it's formatted successfully, I plug it into my Dell computer along with my Toshiba hard drive, drag and drop my data from my Toshiba hard drive to my LaCie hard drive (using my Windows based Dell computer), then have everything on my LaCie hard drive ready to be read/written on both my new MacBook Pro (Mac) and my Dell XPS (PC)?
I purchased a LaCie 1TB Porsche Design Portable Hard Drive along with my new computer. I want to know if this option will work for me: I know that in order for my Toshiba hard drive to be compatible with the new OS X, it must be formatted, but I will be loosing all of my data (total of 260gb). I have a 1TB Toshiba Canvio Slim ii external hard drive that I keep everything on. The computer I did use prior is a Dell XPS 13 running Windows 10. Hi, I just purchased a new MacBook Pro that is running on Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.5.