#READ MY PASSPORT FOR MAC ON WINDOWS 10 MAC OS#
Choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) if you plan to use the hard drive with Time Machine, or for copying and pasting files to. The up and down arrows to the right hand side of the format option allows you to choose a format for the whole disk. Use to create a Installing an operating system from a USB drive is quick and portable. Now you can copy the files to your Windows computer. The concept is simple: You run Linux from a Live CD or USB drive, which will recognize your Mac device. Workaround: Linux Live USB Price: free The next best way to access and copy your Mac drive on a Windows system requires a little workaround called Linux Live CD / USB. I checked the drive on another system and it works, but not on mine.
After installing Windows 7 32-bit, my Western Digital Passport drive is being detected, but I cannot see a drive to open it. WD Passport Shows Up on my Mac but not on Windows t0pher Apr 2, 2014, 5:32 PM I just built a new PC and my WD 1TB Passport external hard drive shows up fine on my Mac laptop but won't appear on. Your My Passport for Mac drive and the WD Drive Utilities and WD Security software are compatible with the following operating systems: Windows macOS™ Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Mavericks Yosemite El Capitan Sierra Compatibility can vary, depending on hardware configuration and operating system. However, if I plug it into the TV, it recognizes some or most of the files, so I know they’re still there. It does the same thing on a Windows or a Mac. I can find it, but I can’t open it and view the files. When I plug my WD passport into my computer (or any computer) it isn’t coming up.