{"id":965,"date":"2012-02-02T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T17:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2012\/02\/02\/nmc-tip-how-to-format-your-hard-drive-so-it-is-mac-compatible-and-why\/"},"modified":"2012-02-02T12:22:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T17:22:00","slug":"nmc-tip-how-to-format-your-hard-drive-so-it-is-mac-compatible-and-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2012\/02\/02\/nmc-tip-how-to-format-your-hard-drive-so-it-is-mac-compatible-and-why\/","title":{"rendered":"NMC Tip: How to format your hard drive so it is Mac compatible&#8230; and why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-0s0mHoSRlHg\/Tyq54AvwX6I\/AAAAAAAAA9c\/lsJ28-ZByw8\/s1600\/Disk%2BUtility%2B-%2BMac.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 400px;height: 400px\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-0s0mHoSRlHg\/Tyq54AvwX6I\/AAAAAAAAA9c\/lsJ28-ZByw8\/s400\/Disk%2BUtility%2B-%2BMac.png\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704576249942269858\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-US   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                     MicrosoftInternetExplorer4                                                   &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]&gt;  &lt;![endif]-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span>Hi New Media Center patrons, if you plan to work often in the NMC, strongly consider reformatting your hard drives so they are Mac compatible. Drives that are not Mac-formatted may experience issues reading and writing to and from the drive. Note that reformatting the drive erases it, so patrons are advised to back up their footage before doing this (or ideally formatting the drive before saving anything to it). Also note that reformatting it for Mac may make it incompatible with a PC. If you need the drive to work on both, consult an NMC staff member. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><br \/>To reformat the drive: <\/span>  <\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" type=\"1\">\n<li style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>Plug the drive into any Mac computer. In the upper      right corner, click the magnifying glass, then type \u201cdisk utility\u201d (note      that \u2018disk\u2019 has a <i>k<\/i>).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>When the Disk Utility window pops up, you will see your      drive in the list in the left hand window.  Select the drive. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>In the main window on the right, you will see several      options across the top. Click on \u201cerase.\u201d Then under \u201cformat,\u201d choose \u201cMac      OS (journaled).\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: normal\"><span>Rename the drive if you wish.<\/span><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height:normal\"><span>Click \u201cerase.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi New Media Center patrons, if you plan to work often in the NMC, strongly consider reformatting your hard drives so they are Mac compatible. Drives that are not Mac-formatted may experience issues reading and writing to and from the drive. 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