i just bought a new mac book pro 13'' and i bought a toshiba 1tb hard drive aswell, i formatted it to mac but it will not show up on my tv so i can watch movies? and solutions or reasons why?
MacBook Pro
TVs don't support "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)", so you will probably have to use FAT32. To format the external drive, follow the same steps as you did to format it with "Mac OS Extended (Journaled), but in the erasing screen, select "MS-DOS (FAT)" as "Format". Note that FAT32 isn't compatible with files bigger than 4 GB. Also, you may have to format the external drive in a PC
TVs don't support "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)", so you will probably have to use FAT32. To format the external drive, follow the same steps as you did to format it with "Mac OS Extended (Journaled), but in the erasing screen, select "MS-DOS (FAT)" as "Format". Note that FAT32 isn't compatible with files bigger than 4 GB. Also, you may have to format the external drive in a PC
What exactly do you mean that the Toshiba external HDD will not show up on your TV? Your TV should be connected to your MBP. If the Toshiba HDD has video on it, you should connect it to your MBP and select the desired video from it.
Ciao.
thank you im pretty sure you have solved the problem! appreciate it
You are welcome
When it is formatted to ms-dos can I use it on windows also, or do I have to partition the harddrive?
When it is formatted in MS-DOS (FAT), you can also use it in Windows and near all operating systems, because most of the operating systems are compatible with this filesystem
i just bought a new mac book pro 13'' and i bought a toshiba 1tb hard drive aswell, i formatted it to mac but it will not show up on my tv so i can watch movies? and solutions or reasons why?
