How do I format my seagate external hard drive to work with my imac?

May 31, 2010 in seagate external hard drive | Comments (2)

I had the drive hooked up to my PC first.

If you want to use HFS+, you can go to Macintosh HD->Applications->Utilities->Disk Utility and format it.

Just note that you cannot read HFS+ on Windows without a special driver.

2 Responses to “How do I format my seagate external hard drive to work with my imac?”

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  1. Comment by Michele C — May 31, 2010 at 11:53 pm  

    I just plugged in my HP external hard drive and my iMac just accepted it.

    You might not need to format it, plug it into the monitor or keyboard and tell me what it says.

    Mine just displays my HP as an icon on the right side of the monitor.
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  2. Comment by cen — June 1, 2010 at 12:37 am  

    If you want to use HFS+, you can go to Macintosh HD->Applications->Utilities->Disk Utility and format it.

    Just note that you cannot read HFS+ on Windows without a special driver.
    References :

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