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Is there a safe way to reformat a G - Drive to read and write to Mac?
The previous owner had formatted to NTFS but now it is crucial that I am able to write back onto this drive from a Mac and save important video files onto them. If I reformat now, with all files still stored on the drive, will I lose any files from it?
What is best way to do so if it can be done?
Thank you in advance
Reformatting the G-Drive will erase all of the current files stored on it.
Before you do anything, you will need to backup or copy everything to another drive.
If you want to use the G-Drive with both Mac's and PC's, then you will need to format it MSDOS/ExFat.
If you want to use the G-Drive exclusively with Mac's, then you will want to format it GUID/Mac OS Extended.
Reformatting the G-Drive will erase all of the current files stored on it.
Before you do anything, you will need to backup or copy everything to another drive.
If you want to use the G-Drive with both Mac's and PC's, then you will need to format it MSDOS/ExFat.
If you want to use the G-Drive exclusively with Mac's, then you will want to format it GUID/Mac OS Extended.
Thank you so much! This was a huge help!
You're welcome.
Working with G Drive (NTFS Formatted) on Mac
