Mac OS Extended (Journaled) vs. Mac OS Extended

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when partitioning the external hard drive, I am making the bootable part in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) , but the other part wich is to backup my files should I do it in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) or Mac OS Extended ,please?
 
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extended journaled is what most users would use.
 
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chihiro said:
when partitioning the external hard drive, I am making the bootable part in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) , but the other part wich is to backup my files should I do it in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) or Mac OS Extended ,please?
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Most backup software recommends using HFS+. (Journaled)

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chscag said:
Most backup software recommends using HFS+. (Journaled)

Regards.
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It sounds like you are referring to HFS+ as intrinsically journaled. That is not the case. HFS+ is simply referring to Mac OS Extended. The journaled option is a separate matter. Then again you were not extremely clear in what you were trying to say so if that was not the case, sorry.
 
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dadadoo said:
It sounds like you are referring to HFS+ as intrinsically journaled. That is not the case. HFS+ is simply referring to Mac OS Extended.
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Yes, but by default (since 10.3), HFS+ is journaled. See here.
 

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