Since the R6900 wont talk to HFS volumes, you may be able to get around the issue by creating an HFS sparse bundle on an NTFS volume. Youd still have the AFP or SMB file-sharing software to worry about, of course.Ĭan I partition and format the hard drive to FAT32 for Time Machine, and NTFS for the PC You could try it.Īs with any backup scheme, Id test it pretty thoroughly before relying on it. I have more faith in the file-IO on a GNULinux system dealing with a GNULinux-native file system than I do in the file-IO on a GNULinux system dealing with an HFS or NTFS file system. I lost interest in ReadySHARE soon after I tried a small experiment on an HFS disk (which failed), so I know nothing, but I wonder if using a GNULinux-native file system would work better than some GNULinux-foreign file system (like HFS or NTFS).ĭoing that would seem to remove one layer of (unreliable) software from the pile. I only worry about it.) And Ext234 are for Linux systems. I dont know that this is a problem, because Ive never tried it. If the normal Mac recovery scheme cant finduse the backup data, then they wouldnt be of much use.
What evidence have you of this My concern with the Paragon software is that I would not expect it to be available when booting into some kind of recovery environment. Ive never installed Paragon NTFSforMac, so I know nothing, but Id be amazed if doing so had any serious effect on Time Machine.
Seagate provides a Paragon driver for readingwriting to NTFS, but by installing the driver you disable backups using Time Machine.Ĭan I partition and format the hard drive to FAT32 for Time Machine, and NTFS for the PC. I tried formatting the drive to FAT32, and discovered that 3TB is too big for that format. We hope youll join the conversation by posting to an open topic or starting a new one. Read honest and unbiased product reviews.Router firmware correcting this issue will be available ASAP. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Seagate Backup Plus 750GB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (Black)(STBU750100) at. Even though Mac computers are capable of reading hard drives that are formatted for Windows, if you intend on using your external HDD as a bootable disk or want to use it to backup files with your Mac’s Time Machine, you must format it to be entirely Mac compatible. Can someone confirm if they upgraded to Win 10 and can see and read their Mac formatted external Seagate drive.
I have a Seagate external 'for Mac' drives that uses the Paragon HFS+ Driver for Windows in Windows 8.1 to read the drive and was wondering if it will work in Windows 10 because I read an Amazon review where someone said it doesn't. Formatting the drive will permanently erase all the data and files stored on the hard drive forever. Before formatting any hard drive, it's a good idea to backup any data or files you want to save before formatting. You can format a drive using the Disk Utility in Mac.
This wikiHow teaches you how to format a Seagate Hard Drive on a Mac computer. A bit disappointing if you wanted to upload using wifi. And by the way Seagate says that’s the way to upload files. This means that when you’re a Mac user you upload files by direct connection. And you’ll need Paragon driver software for your Mac to write to your Seagate Wireless Plus.