The PNY Portable SSD is compatible with Windows, and Mac OS X and earlier versions of OS. PNY External SSD also supports Windows To Go and automatically detects the drive. When compared with other portable external SSDs, we found that this device cannot be used as a hard drive for PC as it comes in a sealed unit. Again, it cannot be used as a. This is a video tutorial to teach you how to make your external hard drive compatible with mac and pc. This portable hard disk from Western Digital (WD) has a huge capacity of 3TB and will easily store all your documents and media files. It has a USB 3.0 port (USB 2.0 compatible) and is a fast, easy to use, and very versatile portable hard drive. In this simple video I get right to the point and show you how to make your external hard drive compatible on both Mac OS and Windows. We are using exFat because there is no file size limit.
A simple approach would be to share files on a usb drive, and then whichever OS is booted up would at least read them OK. Presuming that drive is ntfs then windows is read/write; Mac read for sure, probably write too via a hidden tweak (I called it a hack earlier) as per a few guides on the web (or an add-in util).This of course presimes two computers, one PC and one Mac. The usb drive connected to whichever as required?
An alternative is to use a networked drive for shared data. A single networked drive would be available to any computer on the network - read 'n write. However not very secure against adrive failure.. So avtwo drive NAS would be wiser/safer. Using a mirror system would safeguard aganst a drive failure; would allow any computer/OS on the network access.
I have Qnaps mirrored NAS. Unarchiver mac os x 10 6 8. Works fine, and my olde Acer system and my Macs (and iPad) all can access its contents to their hearts content.
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The cheapest and easiest way to do what you want is to dualboot Mac and Windows using Bootcamp. Setup Mac first, then Bootcamp partition and install Windows.Then install Parallels and activate the Bootcamp Windows installation as a client in Parallels virtual machine runing in the Mac OS. This approach allows you to have both OS running at same time, and to share data fully.
Mac simulator for windows. Even if only running Mac OS at anytime and Windos is installed in a VM but not running.. I think you can still access Windows data - if you set it up the right way.
External Hard Drive Mac To Windows
Equally you can boot directly into Windows only if so wished - Mac OS would not then be available (its partition etc. being invisible when Windows is booting on its own).
So I sugest consider a dualboot on a Mac desgned computer, and then use Parallels to run the Bootcamp Windows inside a Mac environment. Or install Mac OS, then Parallels, then installl Windows as a client in Parallels but no dualboot (no Bbootcamp Windows).
A Parallels VM Windows inside a Mac environment will allow common access to data.
Or.. Use mirror system NAS approach - which is little more expensivve (as above), but infinitely more flexible, and safee overall?
Mac Compatible Hard Drive
Unlock application mac. I have a Macbook running Windows in. Parallels VM, and a Mac Mini running Bootcamp Windows in a Parallels VM. Occasionally I boot directly into the Bootcamped Windows on the Mac Mini, but generally access/use it as/when in its VM.
External Hard Drive For Mac And Pc
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