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Sorry, I was closing this question on my cell phone and chose the wrong answers for best/assisted. Can this be reopened so I can do it properly?
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Sorry, I was closing this question on my cell phone and chose the wrong answers for best/assisted. Can this be reopened so I can do it properly?

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My client has a NAS that they want me to connect to their LAN. &nbsp;There are about 6 Macbooks/iMacs as well as 1 Win10 laptop and an iMac running Windows XP - yes, XP :-) in Parallels.<br />
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Is a NAS typically formatted so that both Macs and PCs are able to read/write the NAS? I ask because I know that Macs usually will read, say, a PC formatted drive, but not write to it.<br />
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Thanks.<br />
Dave
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My client has a NAS that they want me to connect to their LAN.  There are about 6 Macbooks/iMacs as well as 1 Win10 laptop and an iMac running Windows XP - yes, XP :-) in Parallels.

Is a NAS typically formatted so that both Macs and PCs are able to read/write the NAS? I ask because I know that Macs usually will read, say, a PC formatted drive, but not write to it.

Thanks.
Dave

Using a NAS in a mixed OS X and Windows enironment

Network-attached storage is a file-level computer data storage server connected to a computer network providing data access to a heterogeneous group of clients. The term "NAS" can refer to both the technology and systems involved, or a specialized device built for such functionality. 

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. In addition to local storage devices like CD and DVD readers, hard drives and flash drives, solid state drives can hold enormous amounts of data in a very small device. Cloud services and other new forms of remote storage also add to the capacity of devices and their ability to access more data without building additional data storage into a device.

Storage

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.

Storage Software

This topic area includes legacy versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000: Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions including Windows Mobile.

Windows OS

Mac OS X is the desktop operating system from Apple Inc., found on Macintosh computers. OS X consists of a Mach/BSD-based kernel, operating system interfaces primarily based on FreeBSD and additional frameworks (written in C, C++ and Objective-C providing user interface and application-level services.