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Can you migrate files from a windows backup drive (western digital passport) to a Mac?

Can you migrate files that were on a Windows formatted Western Digital Passport drive to a new Mac? My windows machine crashed and I have a backup that I would like to move the files over to a new Mac. HELP!

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Oct 12, 2019 3:46 PM

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Posted on Oct 12, 2019 4:08 PM

Yea' plug it into your iMac and try. If it is formatted FAT-32 or exFat, then your Mac should be able to read and write to the drive. If it is formatted NTFS, then you still should be able to read but not write to the drive.

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Can you migrate files from a windows backup drive (western digital passport) to a Mac?

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