How do I move Iphoto albums to Seagate Backup Plus

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How do I move Iphoto albums to Seagate Backup Plus

Hello all,

I bought the Seagate Backup Pus I was told it works well with mac and pc. I was able to move folders of photos that were on my pc and USB drives easily to the seagate, but I cannot figure out how to the albums or events I have on iphoto. I keep getting the "unable to create / Volumes/ Seagate Backup Plus" message when I try to export the album. I have read and searched but my limited knowledge on this has been stretched. I am just trying to clear up some space on my mac.

Mac OS X Version 10.6.8

Thanks in advance for any light on this issue.

PG

MacBook

Posted on Jul 23, 2014 6:08 AM

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Yer_Man

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Jul 23, 2014 7:41 AM in response to peauxgras_

What format is the Drive?

Select it in the Finder and go File -> Get Info:

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Jul 23, 2014 9:41 AM in response to Yer_Man

Hi Terence,

The format of the Seagate Backup Plus drive is Windows NT File System (NTFS)

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LarryHN

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Jul 23, 2014 9:49 AM in response to peauxgras_

YOu can not have the iPhoto library on a PC formatted drive. The iPhoto library must only be on a volume formatted Mac OS extended (journaled). If you want your iPhoto library on an external drive the drive must be correctly formatted. You can get a different drive or reformat this one using disk utility. Reformatting totally erases the drive and a PC can not use a drive formatted fir Mac without special third party software

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