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  1. Sebastian79

    External Drive Format

    I have a WD Elements Portable drive, which I want to use interchangeably between a MBP and a windows laptop. How should I format it? Tnx!
  2. Tesla1856

    Formatting flash-drives always fails the first time

    For some reason, I have to erase and format all my flash-drives twice, because it fails the first time. It happens on all USB ports in back of Mac-Mini and with different Lexar and Verbatim USB flash-drives. Seems to always fail the first time, then completes the second time. They format on my...
  3. L

    With APFS, will old HFS+ external drives need to be replaced?

    I'm thrilled at the idea of Apple's new file system. More stability? Faster? Better error protection? Yes please. As a video professional, under-the-hood improvements like these are way more interesting to me than the cosmetic and incremental updates of the last few versions of macOS. But quick...
  4. V

    Paste-behaviour in Pages

    Hi there, I've been extensively using the iWork-suite lately in order to make it my supplement for my expiring Office365-subscription soon. However, I've come upon a problem regarding the copying/pasting of text in Pages that I can't seem to work out. Issue is this: I have a document that is...
    • VSG
    • Thread
    • copy format iwork pages paste style
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  5. kevinakerberg

    Resolved How do I unassociate iMac with Apple ID if unable to boot into macOS Sierra?

    Hi everyone, My iMac recently had a graphics card failure and because of that I was unable to properly restore it with a new operating system. So, I connected it to my MacBook Pro via FireWire to fully erase the drive with target disk mode. This proved successful as the Mac boots to a file...
    • kevinakerberg
    • Thread
    • apple id erase format imac
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: iMac
  6. W

    ExFAT formatted SD card not recognizing space

    I'm trying to Homebrew my Nintendo Wii, and a 2 GB or under SD card is required. However, the Wii will also recognize 4 GB cards if enough junk is put on it. I'm attempting to do this with my Optima 4GB SD Card on Mac OS X, El Capitan (v. 10.11.6). After formatting it to ExFAT, I put a 1.28 GB...
    • weab00
    • Thread
    • disk utility exfat format formatting macbook pro
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  7. D

    Lacie d2 Quadra setup fail

    Hi guys, So, I got a new Lacie d2 Quadra USB 3.0 and as I usually would do with Lacie hard drives, tried to immediately format it using Disk Utility. The problem is that it seems this time one should only use the Setup Assistant included in the disk. By formating, the setup assistant and ReadMe...
    • Dan1229
    • Thread
    • assistant disk error format lacie memory quadra setup utility
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Mac Accessories
  8. ElGranNate

    iPod touch Reformat iPod Touch from PC to Mac

    I am trying to figure out how to reformat my iPod Touch (Model iPod5,1, iOS 9.3.5) from Windows to Mac compatibility, but I have not had much luck as of yet. I recently bought an iMac (macOS 10.12.4), and I would like to pair it with my iPod Touch. However, when I tried to sync it right off...
  9. D

    FCP X & YouTube export settings

    So, every time I try to upload to YouTube it gives me this message: "Your videos will process faster if you encode into a streamable file format." I export in FCP X using the master file option to h.264 and AAC audio. That's streamable!! Am I doing something wrong or is it just YouTube being...
    • Dominar
    • Thread
    • error fcpx format streamable upload youtube
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  10. T

    "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer"

    I have 2 hard drives which I copy all my Final Cut Pro projects to. I use these drives with Windows 10 as well, so they are in exFAT. One of the drives now comes up with this message when I boot up: "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer." It gives options to Initialize...
  11. H

    Change HDD in hfs+ in fat/exfat without format?

    Can I change my USB HDD formatted in hfs+ (mac os x journaled) in windows compatible formats? Like Exfat for istance? Without formatting hdd and losing the datas inside?
    • Highdom_MAc
    • Thread
    • change exfat fat format hdd hfs ntfs
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  12. baryon

    Sierra doesn't respect the custom date format set in "Language & Region" preferences

    This is going to be a "First World Problem" but I wonder if others are seeing this too, and if I'm just missing something. I live in Hungary so I have set my region to "Hungary" accordingly, but I like my dates and times to be displayed like they are in the US and UK, I find it cleaner and...
  13. K

    I 'Erased' Hard Drive, and now I am having trouble re-installing OSX

    Ok so I created an account on here just to look for some help, I couldn't find any helpful information on Google and I am hoping one of you know more about my current problem. I booted up a 2012 Macbook into Recovery Mode and 'Erased' the Hard Drive (with Mac OS Extended Journaled and GUID...
  14. A

    External HDD - Format?

    I need to back up my work macbook - I am copying all my files from an external HDD and want to format it to use with Macbook. At the moment it doesnt let me copy files to it from macbook. Once the HDD is clean I want to use it to back up all my files from work macbook to work NEW macbook. So...
  15. Funfa Bu

    Finder doesn't open/Need to backup files

    I've recently updated to El Capitan and downloaded a ProTools driver I shouldn't have (see ProTools HD Driver 11.3.1 for Mac: http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/download/en379411) and now I can't turn off mac or open finder. I want to backup so I can format (been wanting to do this for a...
  16. A

    Can not format or erase hard drive using disk utility

    I was having boot issues where I couldn't boot into OSX. Thought the hard drive was bad. So I installed OSX on a flash drive, booted with that drive and used Diskwarrior to save my files. I purchased a new hard drive and tried 100 different times to format the drive using disk utility. It would...
    • airtas
    • Thread
    • disk utility disk warrior format hard disk hard drive cable osx sata cable
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  17. DonKnize

    Case-sensitive to normal.

    Hi, I have OS X El Capitan version 10.11.4 on MacBook Pro (Retina, 13", 2014). I am using mac for a month. Everything is great except one thing: CASE-SENSITIVE type of boot disk. Steam is ok, I can install it on another partition and other apps too, but Adobe soft can't. I would like to...
  18. AlexGraphicD

    Problem with drive format

    I am using a shared iMac temporarily until I buy my own sometime in the near future and I when I do buy a new one I wanna wipe the drive and erase all of my personal files and passwords. Right now I am using it under a second admin account cause there is already another admin with his own...
    • AlexGraphicD
    • Thread
    • admin drive format imac password user wipe
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: iMac
  19. Giuanniello

    Can't format a hard drive

    So, long story short, I have a 750GB HD off a MacBookPro, when I plug it on my ElCapitan MBPro via external dock it doesn't appear in the finder, after a while I get the warning the disk needs to be formatted but the initialization through DiskUtility fails; I did try on another computer with...
  20. F

    Leaving my MacBook at the Apple Store for repairs - Should I format?

    Hello, after having experienced all kinds of (hardware + software) issues with my MacBook Pro, I am taking it tomorrow to the Apple Store, as the warranty will soon be over. I expect them to keep it for a few days as, at the minimum, the display needs to be replaced I have a ton of personal...
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