# MP3 file help. Mac
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mp3-file-help-mac/209683
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [March 2, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mp3-file-help-mac/209683 "2011-03-02T14:48:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mp3-file-help-mac/209683/1 "2011-03-02T14:48:21Z")
Two of my friends have a bunch of music one has windows one has a mac, I can’t seem to copy the files off the mac onto my external.
What am I doing wrong besides sucking at life?
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### Author:  [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mp3-file-help-mac/209683/2 "2011-03-02T15:27:19Z")
To natively write on both OS X and Windows, you need the drive to be FAT formatted. Open up disk utility, and format the drive as FAT.
Or you can install one of the several NTFS drivers available…
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### Author:  [@jeffthespasm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeffthespasm)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mp3-file-help-mac/209683/3 "2011-03-02T15:42:26Z")
I’ve always had good luck with Tuxera: [http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/](http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/)
It’s commercial, but there’s a trial period; it should be fine if you’re just transferring some music over once.
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### Author:  [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mp3-file-help-mac/209683/4 "2011-03-02T16:06:54Z")
> [@ZOMGVTEK](#):
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> To natively write on both OS X and Windows, you need the drive to be FAT formatted. Open up disk utility, and format the drive as FAT.
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> Or you can install one of the several NTFS drivers available…
This but you are limited to transferring ~4 GB at a time with FAT compared to NTFS
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### Author:  [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mp3-file-help-mac/209683/5 "2011-03-02T19:09:05Z")
I assumed he wouldn’t have a issue with that limit, seeing that he intends on transferring MP3’s…
But yes, you cant transfer \>4GB files, such as a .ISO of a game you torrented or something.
The NTFS drivers for OS X can be a bit tricky sometimes, its just easier to use a natively supported format.
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### Author:  [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mp3-file-help-mac/209683/6 "2011-03-02T21:10:33Z")
OS X can write NTFS as well using Macfuse
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mp3-file-help-mac/209683/7 "2011-03-02T21:23:26Z")
TuxeraNTFS
Install it on your Mac and it will allow you to access your hard drive.
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### Author:  [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2011, 6:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mp3-file-help-mac/209683/8 "2011-03-03T06:35:21Z")
> [@boxxa](#):
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> TuxeraNTFS
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> Install it on your Mac and it will allow you to access your hard drive.
+1