How to Set Up and Use a External Drive for Both Mac & Windows

Does it delete already existing files in the hard drive if I have it reformatted?

if you get new Mac does the external drive need to be formatted again?

Hello, if do I lose my saved files if I reformat my hard drive to an exFat ?

I read something online that said this method only works for files less than 4GB? Is that true and if so is there a way to share larger files between Mac and PC?

Thank you so so much

Simple and useful thanks

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Great! Simple and fast explanation. Thanks for your help :)

Thank you so much. Everything else is too long or useless, but you made it really easy and fast to understand. THANK YOU!!!

very simple. Appreciate it brotha

Help! I have Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield 1TB. I followed your instructions it worked with Mac. when I plug the drive to Windows it said This Read only Partition --- Help!!

Thanks I know this video is old but I needed this I only have 500 Gb I need 4tb

Thank you!

ok so how do I do this in the opposite directon moving from windows to mac. I haven been using a external hardrive on my windows and need to open files on a mac but I've been scared to plug it into a mac and lose data. what should I do ?

Just the information I needed. Thanks so much!

Thank you 🙏

Thank you that was very helpful

Thank you so much 😊

thanks a lot it worked brother

Gracias 😀😀😀

Thank you so much!!!

thank you, I just recently got a Mac and wondered how to set up a multi platform drive :)

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Thank you so much, very helpful.

Will doing this delete whatever is currently saved on my external hard driver?

Thanks for sharing such good information. I was really struggling for.

Thank you for this! 👍

If there are files on the external drive, will this erase them?

no way to do so without deleting all of the files?

Thank you!!!🙌🏻

This was so great! Clear and easy to follow!! Thank you!

THANK YOU SO MUCH! YOUR EXPLANATION WAS EASY AND SUPER CLEAR !

Thanks dude, been having trouble finding how to do this in a while. Now i can transfer my gaming recordings now. Thanks my dude

This was way too fast for a Mac beginner. You didn’t even say what the spotlight is. Next time please zoom in on the areas of interest. It’s hard to follow on my iPhone.
You know what you are doing; now try to explain it a bit better to a beginner!

Get on a mic. Audio needs to be better

Thank you bro, I was struggling trying to figure this out. Had to go buy another external, but ultimately it was worth it!

Can I create two partitions with different file systems so that I can use 50% of it with Windows and 50% of it with Mac?

Awesome bro, thank you!! Very helpful...

Thank you!!!

Any limitations? Read that exfat doesn’t let you transfer 4gb+ files.

Excellent video. Short and precise. I just did it with my 2Tb Seagate. It worked, took me like a minute!!! I also added files from both Mac and PC to check!!! Thank you!!

What happens if you couldnt find it

It erased all my files?

What if it doesn’t show on disk utility?

I might of missed it but can you plug and save from windows and mac with just this formatting ? For example I'm saving a video from my windows and then I plug it to my mac and save a video as well?

amazing thank you!

Thank you! That’s was really easy and super helpful. You have a new subscriber.

i had formated a Seagate external drive and i put pix on it. i went to open up and it would not open, what do i do?

you a life savior man

hello may I ask what is the Time Machine? What does it do to your laptop