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mojomaz | 08:46 Sat 21st Sep 2013 | Technology
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I have a pen drive which i use at work , but at home we have a macbook pro laptop? Is there an attachment or something that i could use so that my pen drives works on the macbook? Cheer anyone .
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The Mac has a different file system and can't read the NTFS system used by Windows.

You would need to reformat your pen drive to FAT32 which can be read by both Mac and Windows. Note however this will erase everything on the drive.

It will also limit files that can be stored to 2GB each.
10:23 Sat 21st Sep 2013
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Beso is correct.

I think most pen drives bought are usually formatted to FAT32 off the shell.
10:31 Sat 21st Sep 2013
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Off the shelf. That is, they work with Mac and Windows PCs without reformatting them.
10:33 Sat 21st Sep 2013
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Dropbox or equivalent is a much better way of sharing your files between a PC and a Mac. And there is no chance of lising a stick with pissible personal data on. Dropbox is free and you can access your stuff via an app from the app store or via the web.
10:36 Sat 21st Sep 2013
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Thank , really helpful
10:52 Sat 21st Sep 2013
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// no chance of lising a stick with pissible personal data on //

My iPad has gone into Officer Crabtree mode again.
12:37 Sat 21st Sep 2013

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