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MAC + Windows7 sharing files on MacBook Pro

16 Mar 2012 00:16:51 PDT

Hi all.
I am a reasonably new Mac user.
I have a new MacBook Pro with Mac Os X Lion.

I have installed Windo ...

16 Mar 2012 05:00:13 PDT

I have found that when running Boot Camp, I can "see" the Mac Hard Drive from within Windows.
This allows m ...

18 Mar 2012 13:32:25 PDT

I am using bootcamp.
I can access the files from either side but I don't want to run 2 sets of files as I often work ...

18 Mar 2012 16:17:35 PDT

All the software I've seen for Windows is to be able to read an HFS+ partition, but then I don't tend to consider commer ...

18 Mar 2012 21:07:57 PDT

The software I would need would be for windows to be able to write to the MAC partition.

Windows explorer can rea ...

19 Mar 2012 06:41:46 PDT

I wouldn't call it elegant. There is no elegant solution to sharing files between Windows and Mac OS X.

And peopl ...

20 Mar 2012 18:39:26 PDT

I'm sorry I don't understand why you are comparing partitioning a hard drive to extreme sport or elective surgery. Juggl ...

20 Mar 2012 20:46:52 PDT

As I said... There is risk involved, whether or not some people have managed to do it successfully.

It is highly ...

21 Mar 2012 00:17:11 PDT

If I can back up everything I need and I can reinstall the OS if need be what is the risk involved?
I appreciate that ...

16 Mar 2012 08:24:44 PDT

Personally, I'd just store everything on a flash drive or something that is formatted as FAT32, rather than a third part ...