[ddots-l] Re: SSD drives to which a Mac can't write

  • From: Kevin Gibbs <kevjazz@xxxxxx>
  • To: "ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2012 03:41:45 -0500

Apparently not.  But I will try reformatting as FAT 32 on my XP machine and see 
if can recognize  read and write to it.

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 5, 2012, at 3:30 AM, Blake Hardin <blakehardin5487@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Can you not reformat the hard drive on the mac?
> 
> On 8/5/12, Kevin Gibbs <kevjazz@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> Had same problem with thumb drive bought at same time.  Mac would not
>> recognize or write to either becAuse, apparently, they were formatted in
>> NTFS.
>> K
>> 
>> BTW, I'm writing here because I need this drive as the primary backup for my
>> Pro Tools Rchive of a new CD.
>> K
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Aug 5, 2012, at 2:49 AM, Kevin Gibbs <kevjazz@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Guys,
>>> I had a very disappointing experience today. I bought a 128GB SSD drive,
>>> only to learn that a Mac could not write to it.  It was bad enough that I
>>> couldn't find an SSD drive with FireWire ports, but to find a drive that
>>> could only be written to buy a Windows computer?  This was absolutely
>>> unacceptable. Does anyone know of an SSD drive with FireWire ports that
>>> can be used by a Mac?
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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