Hi! I have a 250GB Simpletech pininfarina. I stored my PC stuff on the drive, but would like to now store information from my MAC. What do I need to do to get this working with my MacBook Pro? Jeffrey

On a Mac you generally have all the drivers you need built in. Would be very rare these days to download a special driver. Any drive plugged in to the USB port usually shows up.
Perhaps the drive needs formatting first. Often external drives are pre formatted for PC.
First...Open Drive Utility in Applications / Utilities Folder
Then Plug External Drive in.
It should show up in Left Column of DU Window
Use Drive Utility to format & test the drive.
Use the Mac OS Extended (Journled) if using with Mac files or FAT 32 if swapping data from PC to Mac & back.
Good Luck

Try this website:
http://www.hgst.com/support/index-files/simpletech-legacy-downloads

You may need to tell iTunes where your iTunes media folder location is. You can do this in iTunes, go iTunes>Preferences>Advanced Tab>Change button, then navigate to where your iTunes media is and choose this as its location.

Try it on another computer. Even try using a different USB cable with it. Verify first that it is the drive that has failed.

they may be "read only" right click on one of the docs (assuming they are Word files) go to properties - untick the box that says read only.

when you saving files - go to save as 97 to 2003 doc

the global template (normal.doc) may be saving as read only

Here are some recovery programs you may rely on. Both programs can recover photos, videos and music.

Photo Music Recovery Software (for Windows)
Mac Photo Music Recovery Software (for Mac OS X)

A Tip: Before your items are recovered, do not attempt to save more files the original files(your photos, music) are overwritten.

hi there,

i will pass on what was given to me for information. if you are still getting power to the drive you can remove the external casing, remove your pc side panel, where you would insert memory and plug the hard drive into the tape inside your pc to see if the pc will recognize the hard drive. if you are not getting any power or platters spinning then it is more serious. i wish you all the best. cherie

simple just format it for PC first then it should work for both

if you format it for MAC first it will not work on the PC

simple

PC are horrible for accessing files

mac's are more user friendly



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This is the best solution, unplug the device carefully, pick it up slowly, go to your room and stick it up your ***.....

It is just like any other disc drive. You can set up folders to store your music. You can store music, files, videos, whatever you'd like.
It should be assigned a drive letter like d: e: or f: You can simply copy your music files to it.

Be more specific as to to how you are trying to use the Simpletech drive to store music.