Seagate PC Hard Drive Do Work on Mac Computers!

Just a few days ago, I went to Wal-Mart because I saw that they had a deal on Seagate hard drives. My MacBook has been losing space by the day with all the video files I have and I knew it was time to get an external portable hard drive. Once I saw that you could get a 320GB hard drive for $69.00 I was happy! And not to mention, they had it in a lime green color! When I saw the color, I knew I had to have it!

The problem was that when we got there, I looked at the package and noticed that it was for PC, and didn’t mention Mac anywhere!

Disappointed, I left Wal-Mart without getting my lime green hard drive that I wanted so much. I then realized while we were at another store about formatting the hard drive. So then I got on my iPhone and started looking to see if I could get this PC hard drive to work on my Mac!

I finally found the solution! It is possible to reformat your PC hard drive and use it on your Mac! Right on seagate’s website it says that the only difference between the Mac and PC hard drives is that they are already pre formatted. So you just have to reformat it to work with your system!

If there are any of you out there wanting this hard drive, go get it! It is definitely worth it. Make sure to come back for a follow up post where I tell you how to reformat your drive!

MobileMe

About 2 days ago, I thought I would buy myself a year subscription to MobileMe. At first it seems to be very expensive for the amount of stuff you really get, but in the long run, it is really useful and worth all the money. I told myself this year that if I got an iPhone, I would buy MobileMe, but if I didn’t, I wouldn’t buy it.

My reasons for that are very simple. MobileMe is great for your Mac or PC, just with the email, the online storage, and keeping your contacts and calendars are stored in the “cloud” to view anytime. So that is why, for me, MobileMe wouldn’t be as useful as I would like it to be for the price of $109.00 here in Canada.

But with the iPhone, you can have your MobileMe email with you at all time, all your calender, contacts, etc, are synced across all platforms, meaning if I update a contact on my Mac, it syncs to my iPhone and vise versa with all calendars, bookmarks, email accounts, etc. It also allows me to view what I have on my iDisk with the Free app from Apple, I can locate my iPhone right down to the street from the MobileMe website, I can remotely wipe my iPhone if it gets stolen, and the list goes on and on.

From what you can probably see now, is that if you have a iPhone, MobileMe is a lot more useful to you than just having a computer with your MobileMe account on it.

Courier: Microsofts New Tablet?

The Courier is a real device, and it’s in the “late prototype” stage. It has two 7-inch screens and they are multitouch, and designed for writing, flicking and drawing with a stylus, in addition to fingers. It has a hinge that holds it together with a home button that looks like the iPhones’. Wireless signal and battery life, are displayed along the rim of one of the screens and on the back cover is a camera.

There is not much information on it right now, but I will keep you updated as more things are revealed. For now, you can click here to watch a video of what the Courier can do. It is a must see!