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Major problems copying files to external drive
I'm now tearing my hair out with my Readynas 104. I've attached a 2TB external hard drive and want to copy a whole load of folders and files across to it from the NAS. My problem is that it sets go...
Hi Delta_Skies,
You may want to format your external drive on FAT32 via the USB settings in the UI or exFAT on the Disk Utility page in your iMAC.
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
NTFS isn't any good to me as I'm a Mac user and only use Windows at work. Seems like FAT32 has to be the way to go
Hi Delta_Skies,
You may want to format your external drive on FAT32 via the USB settings in the UI or exFAT on the Disk Utility page in your iMAC.
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
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