Gord, for some reason, the guy at the studio couldn't do it. In any event, I brought all back to the store and exchanged it for a 500GB firewire drive and two 32GB thumb drives. Even got some money back in the barton. K. On Aug 5, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Gordon Kent wrote: > You should be able to reformat it on your mac. I've done that with thumb > drives for sure. > Gord > > -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Gibbs > Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2012 4:08 AM > To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: SSD drives to which a Mac can't write > > 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 >> PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! >> To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: >> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >> If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> and in the Subject line type >> unsubscribe >> For other list commands such as vacation mode, >> click on the immediately following link: >> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or >> send a message, to >> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> and in the Subject line type >> faq >> > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > unsubscribe > For other list commands such as vacation mode, > click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or > send a message, to > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > faq > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > unsubscribe > For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately > following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or > send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > faq > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq