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Mac as external HD?

TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
edited August 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
Thanks in advance,
I seem to remember reading that you could use a Mac like an external HDD, and transfer files from another computer via USB.

Questions: How is it done, and will it work between a Mac and PC?

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  • corcorigancorcorigan Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Press T as it starts up and it just acts like a firewire drive.

    Now it probably works with a Windows pc too, but I think it has to be via firewire.

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  • EggyToastEggyToast Jersey CityRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Yep, has to be FireWire, and hold the T key down while booting up the Mac.

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  • TrentusTrentus Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Keep in mind that Windows can't read HFS disks on it's own. Unless you're wanting to get something off a FAT32 or NTFS partition on your mac, you'll need something like HFSExplorer.

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