I have used my Seagate HD on a Windows laptop for some time now. I want to use it on a Mac now but find it difficult to set up. How can I connect it to my Mac and view all the data I have stored on it and used on a Windows laptop? Is there an easy and safe way to do this?

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You should be able to read an external NTFS-formatted drive via your Mac, but you can not write to it without installing something like NTFS for Mac 15 from Paragon.

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