Macs can mount PC-formatted drives, but you might have trouble with files over 4GB. (I think that's the limit I've encountered before - others might correct me.)
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Jessica - Dec 30, 2013 6:42:07 am PST #23485 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
DCJensen - Dec 30, 2013 6:43:44 am PST #23486 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.
Macs should be able to read any PC data you have.
Plus? you can even install a copy of windows to run either in dual-boot or concurrently (using a program called Parallels for the latter).
I have had to install a free driver for NTFS, but that's on a much older Mac.
omnis_audis - Dec 30, 2013 9:30:43 am PST #23487 of 25496
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Especially not taking cash is shady. OK I know a lot of doctors don't take cash. But for a retailer to refuse cash?It wasn't a retailer, it was folks standing outside of the supermarket soliciting for UN refugee relief.
Typo Boy - Dec 30, 2013 10:32:36 am PST #23488 of 25496
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeha, that is retail charity at best. Or sub-retail. I would never give a credit card to some guy hanging out in front of a store or on a sidewalk.
le nubian - Dec 30, 2013 12:20:22 pm PST #23489 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jessica is right to be cautious of very large files, but otherwise, Macs can read PC external drives. They are typically read-only so you probably can't write on it (or so I have found).
DCJensen - Dec 30, 2013 5:52:07 pm PST #23490 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.
There are a variety of ways to do it, some paid, some free.
Solutions for writing to NTFS drives in OS X - TechRepublic [link]
And some free
How to manually enable NTFS read and write in OS X | MacFixIt [link]
DCJensen - Dec 30, 2013 5:57:55 pm PST #23491 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.
Looks like it might be a limitation of FAT on the PC, rather than NTFS. FAT32 took care of this on the PC side, but Windows 7 and above prefer NTFS.
It looks like a case by case issue, as sme peole have no problem with OSX Mavericks, others still do.
There are, however ways around it.
If you don't have files over 4 GB, it's moot, of course.
tommyrot - Dec 31, 2013 6:15:46 am PST #23492 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
tommyrot - Dec 31, 2013 6:24:51 am PST #23493 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tom Scola - Dec 31, 2013 6:30:58 am PST #23494 of 25496
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Can you just do a search-and-replace on the entities, (i.e. s/¢/ยข/g) instead of adding the ENTITY declaration?