What seems to be a SIMPLE MOBILE DRIVE ended to be a COMPLEX USE!

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Hello there,

i have just bought my passport essential mainly to transfer number of files. At home I have mac, and at work we use widows. I am aware that essential is compatible with windows and that it needs to be re-formated for mac. I wonder if once I format the essential 500GB to mac, can I still transfer data from the windows. To cut the story short the question is if this product can be used for both mac and windows in the same time., and without the need to install the software (I donot have administrator’s permission to download softwares at work!) I need simple large storage, which can work for both Windows and Mac and no software or constant back up is needed in my case. Please advise what I should do and whether this product is for my needs. Thanks, Gloria

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If you wish to use this drive between your Windows and Mac computer, the hard drive needs to be formatted for FAT32. The only bad thing is that FAT32 has a 4 GB per single file limitation. Meaning: You will not be able to transfer a single file to the external drive that exceeds the 4 GB.

Here you have a link from the WD knowledge base for more info:

http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=291&p_created=1023897270&p_sid=Hh2qvuhk&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_srch=1&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTk1LDE5NSZwX3Byb2RzPSZwX2NhdHM9JnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9Zm9ybWF0IHdpbmRvd3M!&p_li=&p_topview=1