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- I bought myself a 'my passport for mac 320gb'. Holy Hell, if I am buying it, its because I want to exchange files. But it doesnt work on pc's! I read in some websites that it really doesnt work on pc's. So, I can just exchange files between mac computers but not windows computers?
Turn On Your Mac And Log In. Plug in your WD My Passport’s USB cable into its Micro USB B port.
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Hello ashleyb77,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
If you need to browse the contents of an external hard disk drive connected to your computer, then you should be able to just double click on its icon on the desktop. If you do not see the icon on your desktop, then please make sure the external drive is powered on, connected, and that your Finder settings are configured as shown below.
- In the Finder, choose Finder > Preferences.
- Click General, then select the items you want to see on the desktop.For example, if you select “CDs, DVDs, and iPods,” then you connect your iPod, its icon appears on your desktop.
- Click Sidebar, then select the items you want to see in the Finder sidebar.Some items are listed below Shared, and others are listed below Devices.
Have a good one,
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Note that none of your questions have any thing to do with iPhoto - for specific answer on how to use yoru MyPassport disk you need to contact their suppor tor support forums
By default the iPhoto library is stored in your Pictures folder (not in a my Pictures folder - not sure where you got that) - if you do not have a Pictures folder then you have deleted it - it is there by default on all new Macs
In general for a drive to be used as storage for your iPhoto library it must be formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) - you can check this by selecting the drive in the finder and getting info - it is is not formatted mac OS extended (journaled) you can reformat it using the MyPassport software or disk utility in your applications folder (note that this erases everything on the disk)
Once you have an extrenal drive that is formatted Mac OS extended (journaled)
Moving the iPhoto library is safe and simple - quit iPhoto and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity to the external drive - depress the option key and launch iPhoto using the 'select library' option to point to the new location on the external drive - fully test it and then trash the old library on the internal drive (test one more time prior to emptying the trash)
And be sure that the External drive is formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) (iPhoto does not work with drives with other formats) and that it is always available prior to launching iPhoto
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And backup soon and often - having your iPhoto library on an external drive is not a backup and if you are using Time Machine you need to check and be sure that TM is backing up your external drive
For iMovie support it is best to post in the iMovie forum
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