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Windows external hard drive work on a MacBook?

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  • 20-02-2022 5:27pm
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    notahappycamper
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    Long story short - Windows laptop died. Luckily due to space concerns I transferred photos etc to an external hard drive. Now, I don’t want to replace the laptop or get it fixed but want a MacBook Pro. Will the external windows hard drive be read ok by the MacBook Pro and could I transfer the photos from it to the MacBook’s internal drive?



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    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,497 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Depends, what file system is the laptop drive formatted in?

    If its NTFS it can be read on OSX, but if you want read/write access then you'd need something like Microsoft NTFS for Mac by Paragon Software - https://www.paragon-software.com/

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