Can IMac Read A Windows Formatted USB Hard Drive
Mar 29, 2012Can an iMac read a plug and play USB hard drive that was previously used for a PC. All of my *.jpg files are backed up on the portable hard drive.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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1. I had a problem with my mac where it took hours to load each time I turned it on, would only work when power was plugged in etc. so I had to reformat my mac hard drive (when I tried to veriify it said repair, that wouldn't work). So i'm starting with a recently reformatted, clean mac.Â
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