Mac Transfer Files To External Hard Drive. Reformating of course will destroy any data currently on the drive. Select the drives icon choose file get info or press i and check what is listed for format.
Open finder then locate the files to move to external hard drive. Connect your external hard drive. Click the mouse button then drag the selection rectangle around the files you wish to.
Sep 08 2012 hello basically i have a videographer who saved all my video files onto his mac formatted external hd and he mailed it to me so i may transfer the filesjul 28 2016 now focus on given below steps by steps guides let you know how to transfer files from mac to external hard drive.
Click finder devices to see a small icon of the external hard drive when plugged in. After this mac will list your external hard drive with the internal hard drives on mac in the volumes pane. If it says windows nt file system ntfs then before using the drive with the mac you need to use disk utility to reformat it either as ms dos fat or as exfat. Click finder devices to see a small icon of the external hard drive when plugged in.