Sharing Hard Drive between Mac and PC

[ppentertainments]

Probably the first of many Mac related questions - I just cant get my head round them :D :D

I have a external hard drive which I would like to use on both pc and mac, sharing certain files MP3, word documents etc. How do I format the drive to work on both ?? At present it works on the mac but not recognisable on the pc ???

Help much appreciated, cheers

[supersound]

should work ok on both.Mine does.
As soon as you plug it in it dl,s the drivers onto it.
What OS you using on windows?
Iuse w 7 and its fine.

Paul

[dj keevers]

its a bit of hassle but worthwhile...try this page for help and advice

http://www.myfirstmac.com/index.php/mac/articles/1-external-hard-drive-for-your-mac-and-pc

[Megamix]

yes as the link details, it depends on how you want to work with the files - e.g. if it was just a USB stick to transfer small files <4GB FAT32 on the stick would be best.

[WWDJ]

yes as the link details, it depends on how you want to work with the files - e.g. if it was just a USB stick to transfer small files <4GB FAT32 on the stick would be best.

As above FAT32 works fine between MAC and PC at least up to 16gb capacity (tested here). I believe the single file limit is 4gb.

FAT32 also works on Denon HD2500 and Pioneer CD players so is a good format to use all round if the 4gb single file limit isn't an issue.

[Jiggles]

So long as its FAT32 both will read and write to it.

[ppentertainments]

So long as its FAT32 both will read and write to it.
Cheers everyone for the replies. Indeed reformatting the drive to FAT32 has fixed the problem.

Stick around, I can see many more Mac problems cropping up :D :D