dj dawn
7:06 AM - 26 February, 2007
FAT32 formatted drives is comaptible with Mac, no re-formatting needed.
NTFS is not very compatible. Mac OS X has only limited reading capabilities.
HFS+ (Journaled) is the prefered format for Mac OS X. Fast acess to files and very low fragmentation!
iTunes organize files the same way as iTunes on a PC, if you have set iTunes to organize your files and folders. This way works very good if you have correct ID3 tags for your mp3s. iTunes will organize the files in folders (User/Music/iTunes/iTunes music/Artist/Album/Song) based on the ID3 tags. You can organize your files and folders manually and have iTunes to import them by reference if you prefer it that way. Just remember that if you move a folder or rename it iTunes wont find it anymore and you have to re-import the song(s).
There are several different ways of moving your data over to the Mac. Here are some:
1. Burn everything on DVDs, format all your drives (HFS+) and then import the content from your DVDs. (Secure)
2. If possible store all data on one single drive so that you get an empty drive left which you can format for Mac and then move the data to.
3. If possible move everything from your external drive to the internal drive of your Mac, format the external drive and move the data back to it from the internal.
4. Use a program called MacDrive in windows (using Bootcamp) which makes it possible to read/ write both NTFS and HFS+ in Windows. Shouldn't be considered as the most reliable option though!
Take your time with this and find out which soloution fits you best! When you have it done you can start to enjoy your Mac and OS X fully :-)
