Transfer photos from PC to Mac - how to format ext hard drive?

Hi, I'd like to transfer jpegs from my old PC to my new Mac. I had already put my files on an external hard drive but when I plugged it into the Mac, it couldn't read it. I got a prompt to re-format it, which I did not do.
From reading discussions here, it looks like I first need to format a hard drive on my Mac, then copy the files from the PC, then transfer to the Mac? But the explanation is over my head - could anyone explain how to do it in plain terms? Thanks so much!

Hi there, if you want both OS's to read the external drive, format it as FAT32. I would do this from your PC as I have had problems with a PC not being able to read a drive formatted by the MAC. There are also other alternative. Or there is a third party alternative called Macfuse using the NTFS-3G plugin.
It is a free opensource project that allows your MAC to read and write to a NTFS drive. So you could actually connect your PC's drive to the Mac and get whatever you need or add.
Hope this helps,
Glynn

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