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Default (OT) Portable USB drive (makes no sense)

On Sun, 1 May 2016 22:28:29 -0400, John Albert
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On 5/1/16 7:31 PM, wrote:
This drive is also for Macintosh. I thought a Mac computer requires a
different drive format. That's even more puzzling!


The standard "Mac format" is called HFS+, but that cannot be
read/written to on Windows machines without special software.

The Mac OS, however, -can- read/write at least some Windows formats (and
can read some others).

It makes sense to have a copy of the disk drivers "on the drive itself".
The idea is that:
- you plug it into the computer
- computer queries connection, discovers drive, loads drivers
- drive mounts on desktop and is ready for use...


The drive is NTFS. Will a Mac read that?

I left the driver on the drive, but removed all the extra software. I
did zip it and save a copy on a flash drive just in case it's needed.