The driver provides read and write access for Seagate external drives in Windows without having to reformat. Note: Not compatible with drives formatted with Apple File System (APFS). ![]() ![]() Table of Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Before we Begin It is worth understanding that there are four main products in the Backup Plus range of external hard drives. Here is a comparison table detailing what your options are for the file systems installed on the Seagate Backup Plus drive when you buy. Backup Plus File System Format Ultra Slim NTFS Slim NTFS or HFS+ Portable NTFS or HFS+ Backup Plus Fast 4TB NTFS You’ll observe from the table above that the Backup Plus external drives can be purchased with either NTFS or HFS+ file systems pre installed. The Backup Plus Ultra Slim and Fast 4TB are provided with NTFS file systems only. What is a file system format and why is it important? It is the software layout of the external hard drive that allows the Mac to see, understand and read from and write to the drive. NTFS is the file system understood and written to by a Windows PC. Macs can see an file system, read the file system but cannot write to it. HFS+, which is also known as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) file system, is the file system Macs use. It is important to know which file system you have preinstalled as this has a bearing on how you go about using the external drive on your Mac. All the Backup Plus external drives support USB 3.0 connections and read and write speeds (up to 5 Gbits/s minus USB protocol overheads). Depending on which kind and type of drive you purchase they are available in 500GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB and 5TB capacity options. If you would like to read further details on the Seagate Backup Plus range of external drives Seagate Backup Plus Connection to your Mac Once you understand what you have, the next thing you’ll want to do is connect your Seagate Backup Plus to your Mac. Office 365 for mac. Let me tell you a bit about USB cables. Cables are known by types. The size and shape of the connection and the USB standard they support. The cable for the Backup Plus drives are USB 3.0 cables with a type A connection on the end that goes into the Mac and a type B Micro USB that goes into the Backup Plus drive. New Drive Icon On Desktop Note: Your drive may not say Untitled, what is written under the drive would depend on which drive was purchased. Read on and look at the options you have for using the Seagate Backup Plus on Mac. How to Use Seagate Backup Plus Slim for Mac Remember earlier I talked about file systems formats?
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