So, better to keep the ad copy simple for a quick sale and then let the customer fumble around pulling out their hair for hours after the purchase. I, like many non-tech people, find my eyes glazing over when i read words such as driver, reformatting or partition.
#SEAGATE FORMAT FOR MAC AND WINDOWS FOR MAC OS#
2- 'Use between Mac and Windows' is much catchier ad copy than ' Use between Mac and Windows if you have NTFS driver for Mac OS installed!' My theory on why they don't broadcast this crucial information? 1- they are known to have poor customer service, in general. I chose option one, because i use a mac AND a pc, and i want to move files between the two, which is what this drive is advertised to do!īut instead of say, mentioning on the box - or in the instruction booklet, or on their own help pages on their website - that you need to download this file if your mac does not already have it for some unknown unlikely reason, Seagate merely list it as a download on their website with no intuitive obvious description of what it is or why you might need it.
While installing the seagate backup plus on my mac originally, i was given two options I installed it, restarted my computer, and then I could drag and drop ( aka write). It was an installer for some 3rd party program which allows NTSF ( not suitable for work? no, its some kind of formatting ) devices to be read AND WRITTEN to on mac os. I just bought a seagate backup plus slim 1T drive, on 11/26/14.Īfter putzing about for over two hours, looking on this help forum and on others, i noticed on seagate's home page for my product a download link for 'NTFS driver for mac os'
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