Toshiba Ntfs For Mac

• Pros Compact hard drive. Comes with NTFS driver for Mac. Comes with PogoPlug PC and NTI backup. Online access to files on drive via PogoPlug PC. • Cons A smidge slower than some competitors.

Only USB 3.0. • Bottom Line Considering all the utility included with the Toshiba Canvio Connect (750GB), this portable hard drive is one of the best we've seen. The Toshiba Canvio Connect (750GB) ($109.99 list) is a contender as one of the best drives we've seen at PC Labs.

Toshiba upgrades Canvio portable hard drives to 1.5TB, adds NTFS driver. Toshiba's Canvio drives are getting 1.5TB upgrades alongside Mac and PC dual-support. Mac® and PC – no problem. Because an NTFS driver for Mac® is included, there are no worries with compatibility. Whether it's a PC or a Mac® or both – just plug in your Canvio Connect II and get instant access to your files.

While it is a fast, capacious hard drive that fits in a coat pocket, it's the additional extras that make this drive remarkable. The USB 3.0 drive comes with 10GB of cloud storage and a PogoPlug PC utility that makes your files available on the Internet. If you have a need for backup and file availability, then take a look at this drive.

It's a lot easier to setup than a NAS, but lets you get to your files over both the Internet and your local network. Design and Features The Canvio Connect is available in a range of colors, including red, white, black, blue, and silver. The 750GB review model seen here is glossy white. It measures about 0.5 by 3.25 by 4.5 inches (HWD), so it fits easily into your pants or coat pocket. The drive is a bit smaller than the ($149) and the ($109.99), though the Canvio Connect is made of polycarbonate while the G-Drive Slim and LaCie P'9223 are clad in aluminum. The top is adorned by a Toshiba logo and activity LED, and one face on the side has the micro-b USB port for the included USB 3.0 cable.

The usual serial/model number sticker is on the bottom, along with four rubbery feet to keep the drive in place on your work surface. The included 750GB can hold a couple hundred thousand pictures and MP3 files, or a few hundred movie files. This size should also be enough to back up most if not all the files on your laptop's internal hard drive, especially if you have an SSD-powered ultrabook.

The drive comes pre-formatted for NTFS (Windows native format), but Mac users aren't left in the lurch. In addition to possibly reformatting the drive to HFS+, as is standard procedure for most other drives, the Canvio Connect comes with Tuxera's NTFS for Mac utility, so you can natively copy files to the drive. Mac OS X can read NTFS drives, but it can't write to them without a third party utility.

Definitely possible--I did this with my doctoral thesis. I'm still running Word for Mac 2011, and when I do Insert>Footnote, I get a dialogue box that gives the option to either number the footnotes continuously, restart with each page, or restart with each section. Then all you have to do is create the sections you want. How to renumber footnotes in word for mac 2011. Hi, I'm working on a long document, multiple chapters, and need to renumber the footnotes to be continuous throughout the thesis. So I have a chapter that has the footnotes starting at 1, but need to change that number to 103. Just need a pointer in the right direction.

Most drives will make you reformat the drive for use with Macs. Other drives that come with NTFS utilities are the Editors' Choice for portable hard drives ($139.99) and Editors' Choice for wireless media drives ($199). Both Seagate drives also have the benefit of a USM interface, which allows users to connect adapters for FireWire, eSATA, and Thunderbolt connectors in addition to USB 3.0. The included NTI Backup Now EZ is a full backup utility that can save incremental copies of your entire hard drive. This is, of course, provided your internal drive has a capacity of 750GB or less. NTI Backup Now EZ works on Windows PCs, but if you're a Mac user you can simply reformat the drive HFS+ and use Time Machine for the same level of protection.