Formatting a 1TB hard drive from windows to a MAC!!

okay so i have been looking around like crazy for answers and im having such a hard time with it!!
i bought a 1TB hard drive Desk made by Seagate, problem is that my mac doesn't recognize it and everywhere i look for answers/solutions i get the same unhelpful information. My computer doesn't reconize it at all.... and it connects my USB. Any ideas mac world?

Hazelle wrote:
okay so i have been looking around like crazy for answers and im having such a hard time with it!!
i bought a 1TB hard drive Desk made by Seagate, problem is that my mac doesn't recognize it and everywhere i look for answers/solutions i get the same unhelpful information. My computer doesn't reconize it at all.... and it connects my USB.
I see his response to your post. I'm guessing you don't understanding what he is asking......no slam against you......you just may not know these things yet.
Does the Seagate Ext. only hook up by USB not FireWire ?
Do you know what Disk Utilty is and where it is located on your system? If not we'll get you there.
That is where you can mount and format it for Mac.
If a windows formatted drive is not formatted FAT32 it will not show up on your desktop but may in Disk Utility.
The other thing, you have a MacBook but are posting in a G4 tower forum. They stopped making them years ago.
But I post both places and have both machines, so I will try to get you going.
Dale

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