![]() Time Machine should offer, if the drive is formatted in one of those two formats, offer to reformat it for use with Time Machine. NTFS is more problematical, as the Mac will read it but won't (without add on software) write to the drive. It's prime benefit is that both Mac and Windows machine can read and write to the drive. The Mac can read and write FAT32, though it's not optimal and the format doesn't accept files > 4 GB. If it's not marketed specifically for Macs, it will come formatted either FAT32 or NTFS. However you will need to worry about the format of the drive. I've used Seagate and Western Digital externals, as well as some from OWC. But if you bypass those you should be fine. I've had no real problems with different externals, though there are reports of issues with recent Toshiba externals.
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