Hi,

I am setting up my new 1.5 T external HD and it's saying it wants to "install" on my computer. And, it'll only take 33 mg or so. The space isn't the issue. Will it work with my other computers? (also Mac) I want to use it to gather stuff I have that is filling up other HDs and my other computer.

What's "install" about?

Thanks!

Just some proprietary programs for backing up and such. You certainly don't need it just to use it.

Just some proprietary programs for backing up and such. You certainly don't need it just to use it.

okay. Thanks....oh....will it need to do this on my G5 when I plug it in there, too?

You might want to use Disk Utility and check it current partition/format setup.

And if it's to used with both an Intel and a PPC (G5) Mac, you'd be best off formatting it with the Apple Partition Map (APM) that both can use, as a PPC Mac won't recognize a GUID partition/format volume as such.

You might want to use Disk Utility and check it current partition/format setup.

And if it's to used with both an Intel and a PPC (G5) Mac, you'd be best off formatting it with the Apple Partition Map (APM) that both can use, as a PPC Mac won't recognize a GUID partition/format volume as such.


So...are you saying my older G5 won't recognize the HD or something along those lines? Maybe I move the data onto another drive I have and then onto the new one.

(I've already started putting data on it so I think I can't format it now.)

thoughts?

thanks

That's basically what I was saying.

If you initialized or partitioned/format the drive with an Intel Mac, the default setting would be to use the GUID format, but can be changed in the Options area, and if it is a GUID format, then the G5 or any PPC Mac will not recognize the GUID volume structure.

Maybe just connect it as is to your G5 and see what it shows. Then you'll know for sure and maybe need to start over.

That's basically what I was saying.

If you initialized or partitioned/format the drive with an Intel Mac, the default setting would be to use the GUID format, but can be changed in the Options area, and if it is a GUID format, then the G5 or any PPC Mac will not recognize the GUID volume structure.

Maybe just connect it as is to your G5 and see what it shows. Then you'll know for sure and maybe need to start over.

This is incorrect. A PPC machine will recognize and use a GUID partitioned drive. It simply can't boot off of it.

This function was added in 10.4.

Thanks JC and my apologies for any possible misinformation for the OP.

But I 'm also not clear as to what the OP is actually doing or attempting nor the Mac OS version his Macs are using. And hence my suggestion to connect the new HD to the PPC Mac and see and maybe test it.

Thanks JC and my apologies for any possible misinformation for the OP.

But I 'm also not clear as to what the OP is actually doing or attempting nor the Mac OS version his Macs are using. And hence my suggestion to connect the new HD to the PPC Mac and see and maybe test it.

OP...other person?

I'm sort of backing up but also clearing files off of my smaller hard drives so I have room to do other things with them. My G5 for example, is pretty full so I want to move files out that I'm not using at this time.

My OS are in my signature but I'll plug them in here too in case my signature doesn't go in for some reason.
MBP 2.66 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, OS Snow Leopard
G5 dual 2.0 Ghz, OS Tiger

...or were you wanting the specifics of Snow Leopard 10.6.8 ...? I don't know which Tiger I have and there isn't a monitor attached to the G5 at the moment.

cheers

OP = Original Poster

Decide which machine you want to be able to boot OSX from, the G5 or the Intel MacBook Pro.

On THAT machine, go into Disk Utility and Partition the drive, choose One partition. Click Options, and choose the appropriate partition map scheme for the Mac you want to boot it with -- GUID for the Intel mchine, Apple Partition Map for the G5.
This will also reformat the drive to HFS+ (and erase the Seagate software)

Mac OS X 10.5: Creating and maintaining a bootable "universal" external disk (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2595)

I'm not clear what the OP is trying to do, other than moving some files. However, i have several of these Seagate drives. They come formatted for Windows, but one of the pieces of software that is included is Paragon's NTFS for Mac, which allows both PPCs and Intel Macs to read and write to the drive and to delete files when formatted as NTFS. I expect that is the chief piece of software it is attempting to install. The version that comes with the Seagate drives is keyed to the particular Seagate drive that came with it, so it cannot be used with other NTFS drives. The OP does not appear to intend to boot from the external drive, if I understand the post correctly.
Personally, as I do not have to share these drives with a Windows machine and do not intend to boot from them, I simply reformatted them to the standard Mac file system. GUID or Apple partition maps only matter if he intends to boot from the,.