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Click on the external drive to check the size and format.

Search for “disk utility” and open Disk Utility app.

Press “Command + Space” to open Spotlight Search.

First, connect your external drive to Mac.

Formatting External Drives in Macįollow the below instructions to format your USB or hard drive to ExFAT file system. Using this option, we can have single 1TB drive to manage all our tasks. You can resolve the problem by formatting the hard drive or USB in ExFAT file system, which is compatible in both Windows and Mac.

This situation is common with many of us that we will have multiple drives without compatibility in using across systems. We do have another 1TB hard disk formatted with NTFS in Windows, which cannot be used with Mac. You cannot edit the files with Windows in a hard drive formatted for using in Mac. You can only view or copy the content when connected to Windows.

On other hand, we create documents in Mac and have no option to use the backup drive for storing files. However, this is too big and 500GB backup size more than sufficient. We have 1TB Seagate hard disk that is completely used as a backup drive for Mac’s Time Machine. These two formats are not compatible with each other thus preventing data modification when used with other computer or laptop. Related: How to fix USB problems in Windows 10? File Format in Mac and Windowsīy default, Mac uses macOS Extended file system and Windows uses NTFS. In this article, we will explain how to use same external USB or hard disk with Mac and Windows. However, Mac and Windows use different file formatting systems that will not allow you to save files.

Though there are many ways you can transfer data from Windows to Mac and vice versa, using USB or hard disk is the easier way. Data transfer is one of the problems while using Mac and Windows laptops together.