My PC is joined to a corporate domain, so I did not want to mess with the settings and join it to my home network and enable file sharing.
An immediate solution was to use Dropbox and link both computers to my account. The only problem was that my free account was maxed out at 2GB, and if I wanted to move a big file (say 500mb), I'd have to move it into the Dropbox, wait for it to upload onto the cloud, and then wait for it to sync with the other computer... it was quite time consuming.
OSX uses the FAT32 file system, while Windows uses the NTFS file system. OSX is able to read NTFS drives but not write to them. Windows 7 does not recognize FAT32 drives at all. At this point, I could transfer files from PC to Mac (put the files from PC on the NTFS external hard drive and then plug into Mac) but not the other way around. Also, my main external 2TB hard drive is also my OSX Time Machine backup drive. Since Windows 7 is not natively able to read FAT32 disks, I didn't have the capability to move my large files from the 2TB drive to PC.
I came across MacDrive, and it's a Windows application that allows Windows to read from and write to FAT32 drives. The installation is quick and simple, and the program runs in the background, taking up about 2MB of RAM. MacDrive solved my file swapping dilemna, and both my Mac and PC are able to read and write to my 2TB external hard drive. It is the only program that I found that's easy and simple to use.
MacDrive retails for $49.99 for a single license. The official website is located here: http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/
96 comments:
I'd have use for that.
Pricing isn't bad.. but I'm hoping it's not that sluggish on the pc
great info here thanks
is not to expensive?
Cool, I dont have a mac so yea lol
I should be learning about this in my computing class so thank you very much for this extra information!
Well i got both a mac and a Windows, :) Works for me
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I'll grab one for sure.
nice, ill try it..
following :P
macman :P
Nice one dude, my friend was looking for this information the other day so ive forwarded it to him
useful information, bro.
Looks like an interesting piece of software.
nice info,
following u
Awesome read, thanks! Winfag here
That's a pretty awesome device there. Too bad I don't own a mac, yet.
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looks good
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I'm going to buy a mac soon, thanks for the info!
thats a very interesting program might have to look into that
pc is so easy tho..
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2+ points for you
this is VERY useful
meh, I'd rather just keep them as separate entities.
This is very useful!
I never even knew people did this, cool though.
Silly OS. :D
Excellent program !
nice write up, its handy in certain situations for sure. like yours.
My PC is so old that it can still do FAT32 fine, I think that was the default back on '98. >_>
yay
Great info, didn't know the difference
This is great!
cool app, I'd never buy a mac tho due to the virtual cd drive issue (i know it has one built in but it doesn't work for some "software" so to say)
ugh why doesn't mac get with the program and ditch fat32?
windoze all the way!!!
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nice 0.0
Thanks for the review, I'm happy with NTFS for OS X though :D
Ugh... That's really pricy...
Maybe I'll just torrent it...
mac drive is great
...huh. Nice solution to an all too common problem.
useful post
do want
good info, i didnt know that they use 2 diff format types. if i ever get a mac i will remember this.
Damn that is useful. Still, <3 Mac
never knew you could do that. O_o
awesome tip
thas cool it would be nice for college students. especially for me well kinda i;m a pc user but i go to a school full of mac users
sexy diskz
My hard drive recently crashed, hurts man.
The program helped me, thx
I know someone who would be helped by this information. Thanks bro.
Bring the peace.
wha? I have a brand new gateway and it reads a FAT32 drive fine. I even have an NTFS partition on the drive, but I never use it
dude try TBP
Sounds like it's pretty good.
Wow, I had no idea there was a way to use both NTFS and FAT32, thanks!
wat?
not a macman myself
get back to me in two days or less <3
windows for me aswell.
great post, keep up the good work =)
apple sucks
Nice post, cant wait for moar!
i cant believe you can do that!
Harmony, harmony, oh love.
mac needs to get with the times, useful program though
Looks like a handy solution.
I should be learning about this in my computing class so thank you very much for this extra information!
this works great
The 2 GB restriction on dropbox is a pain >.<
good info bro
if you don't wanna buy it, you can get MacDrive for free here:
http://btjunkie.org/torrent/MacDrive-v-8-0-5-31-Full-Keygen-by-CORE/4358b67ee6bfdefa1444ba4d604d1ed9446423b0f2f6
Haha, you own an Apple computer. I truly feel sorry for all the pain and suffering it causes you. :)
i like the way ur thinkin
Wow, interesting. Here I thought I had another reason to shoot down macs, but this program appears to fix this. Let's hope the people I'll argue with don't know about it haha...
good post! im using my shitty lenovo for work, but mac at home
Thanks for the info
This is really cool. Finally. Now following because of this post :)
Why don't you just learn how to partition your hard drive? Herpa derp!
Great software, very handy.
Woooaaah, didn't think that it could be done simply with a software solution! Awesome!
Oh hey, perfect blog for me.
I still prefer windows over everything
PC > Mac
:D
I wonder why Mac is on FAT32 still? Correct me if I am wrong but with NTFS offers file permissions correct? Why wouldn't Mac want that?
oh man this is awesome, I'd buy this just to put on my anti-apple friends' computers
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stupid apple and Microsoft trying to be propietary
not too expensive nice :)
Thanks for that
windowssss
sounds interesting, followin this.
Is there something that Mac can do which Window can't do? Otherwise what is the point of putting up all this extra hassle with multiple OS?
If I ever had a Mac, Id use this.
i'd buy it for 20 dollars less
Awesome blog!
Keep it up.
hmm maybe I should try to get one of these?
wuuut happening?!
PC FTW!
PCPCPCPCPCPCPPC!!!!
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