Carbon Copy Cloner alternative?

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  1. MidianGTX

    MidianGTX Well-Known Member

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    Alright so here's the thing, all I have is a NTFS-formatted external HDD that contains my music and videos, and obviously I can't write to it using my MacBook. I downloaded CCC as I plan on getting another hard drive anyway to use as a backup and I heard this is the best program for the job, but it told me it only supports HFS+ file systems, and ideally I want to use FAT32 just in case I ever need to connect to a Windows PC.

    So... what's the deal? Is there another popular application that supports FAT32? All I could find through Google were Windows apps and CCC. I'm not after backing up my Mac hard drive, just having two identical external HDDs.
     
  2. kijib

    kijib Well-Known Member

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    no no no you're going about this all wrong you have to use HTC56 software if you want the copy to be vertical playable
    otherwise i would recommend the FAT 2.0 backup package
     
  3. MidianGTX

    MidianGTX Well-Known Member

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    ...and now for a reply that isn't spam.
     
  4. dyscode

    dyscode Well-Known Member

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    There is the software called Paragon which make NTFS disk read/write enabled for OS X.

    http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/

    I would stay away from FAT32 as much as I can!
    But if you want a bootable back you need and HFS+ formated drive anyway, ... obviously :)
     

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