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#SEAGATE NTSF DRIVER FOR MAC FOR MAC#
#SEAGATE NTSF DRIVER FOR MAC PORTABLE#

> I couldn't even read from the drive when I plugged it in. Other possible TYPE can be listed with another Terminal command diskutil listFilesystems.

'Microsoft Basic Data' is NTFS, for Windows data or boot, including BootCamp.

'Apple_HFS' is for normal boot/data partition for OS X.

The TYPE column tells what is the format of the partition. EFI (for mac boot), Macintosh HD (OS X), and Recovery HD ( for booting in recovery mode ). In the case above, there are three partition. You will get second set of similar following them for (most likely) /dev/disk1, if your mac has an external drive connected. ( This is for my Mac Mini with Internal drive only )Ģ: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 999.3 GB disk0s2ģ: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3 You will see lines of output something like below. And it has super large storage up to 8TB.Ģ.

The reason is perhaps that Seagate external hard drive has been well known for a long time as one of the most reliable drives for storing data. A lot of people including you, storing important data on Seagate external hard drive instead of on your PC/Mac hard drive. But if I format the Seagate external hard drive to HFS+ file system, it will not be. I know Mac operating system doesn’t fully support NTFS formatted drive.

#SEAGATE NTSF DRIVER FOR MAC PORTABLE#

Want to use Seagate hard drive with both Mac and PC “I have purchased a 1TB portable external Seagate hard drive and I would like to use it with both my Mac and Windows computer. However, Mac does not provide the necessary specs to use NTFS drives in an open-source format. It is still used in Windows computers and software updates today. NTFS was used in Windows computers since the early 90s as a proprietary filing system. Mac Softwares typically struggle with NTFS drives because of their origin. So your Seagate HDD is read only on Mac, which affects Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Touch, Portable drive, and Slim. Most Seagate external drives are read-only on Mac because they are pre-fomatted with Windows NT file system (NTFS) by the manufacturer. Open Terminal app ( in Applications > Utilities )Ĭase 1: The Seagate external hard drive is NTFS formatted.

#SEAGATE NTSF DRIVER FOR MAC FOR MAC#

> How do I tell if my external drive uses NTFS? Ntfs Seagate For Mac Manual Userġ. As you will not be sharing the drive you don't need to worry about this. They also provide a version of NTFS for Mac to allow the drive to be sharedbetween Windows and Mac. Seagate ship it formatted as NTFS because that works best for Windows. If you will only use the drive on Macs then yes reformat it to a Mac format.