Im asking because Im worried about data corruption.:) I cant wait sometimes 30 minutes (20 minutes in my case) for the drive to shut down.

Try searching WD support fr spindown utility, It should be in legacy product I forgot where Ive seen it.

I cant be bothered with installing that though - taking my chances.

Also, mate, I paid a little over 100 pounds for this thing, I don;t want to burn it on day one.:(:D.

Just as long as you are not working on the drive, you will be fine.

Software that translates HFS into something the PC can understand.

And when youre home its easier for you to continue your work on your Mac.

Your work and home life would run so much easier if you could just get the dang thing to work on both.

Next you format your WD My Passport drive to an ExFAT file system.

Turn on Your Mac and Log In.

Look for the External Hard Drive Icon on your Desktop.

Make Sure your WD My Passport External Drive is Chosen.

Give Your WD My Passport External Drive a Name.

Choose the WD My Passport Drive A Second Time.

Then Select the ExFAT Format.

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Why ExFAT when Formatting WD Passport for Mac and Windows Last Words.

Or you may need a cable or adaptor depending on the Mac and PC you have.

Its enough to know that the different USB standards define the speed the drive works at.

And at the other end, the end that connects to a computer has a USB A connection.

It still has the Micro B connection for the WD My Passport for Mac drive.

Or on the newer Macs and Windows PCs you may have a USB C port.

So as long as you have the right cable or adaptor youll be fine.

But thats fine as long as you have the cable you need in the right place at the right time.

Or you have no room either on the Mac or your Windows PC to put them there.

It covers the options available when you want an external hard drive working on a Mac and PC but you cant reformat.

You click at the top level where you see the WD My Passport drive first listed.

Why not choose a name that reflects is use on both Mac and Windows PC.

And when you plug your My Passport drive into either you will be able to see the drive, read and write files.

And youll keep the risk of corrupting your files to the smallest possible.

When they stop flickering and you have a steady constant light you know the drive is idle.

Right click on the file icon of your WD My Passport drive there.

So when you plug in the drive your Mac can see the documents.

This is because all those actions mean the Mac has to write to the drive and it cant.

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Not without some third party software or without reformatting.

Why.

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