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<blockquote data-quote="Chef_eam" data-source="post: 1047724" data-attributes="member: 135390"><p>If you need to access it from both the PC and Mac, and there are files over 4GB, I would go with NTFS. To have access to the NTFS formatted drive from the Mac you can use <a href="http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/features.html" target="_blank">Paragon NTFS for MAC® OS X ? Features</a> or <a href="http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/" target="_blank">NTFS-3G at Tuxera</a> . Both will allow read/write access to NTFS partitions from Mac OS X. I know there is also a terminal command that turns on read/write access to NTFS partitions without the need for a third party driver. I'm not sure how it works, but some on the forum have had success with it (I've read the posts about it). I don't use any of the options personally, as I have Windows running in a VM and have access to my Mac formatted external drives through it, but there are many recommendations on the forum for both of the NTFS drivers I mentioned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chef_eam, post: 1047724, member: 135390"] If you need to access it from both the PC and Mac, and there are files over 4GB, I would go with NTFS. To have access to the NTFS formatted drive from the Mac you can use [url=http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/features.html]Paragon NTFS for MAC® OS X ? Features[/url] or [url=http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/]NTFS-3G at Tuxera[/url] . Both will allow read/write access to NTFS partitions from Mac OS X. I know there is also a terminal command that turns on read/write access to NTFS partitions without the need for a third party driver. I'm not sure how it works, but some on the forum have had success with it (I've read the posts about it). I don't use any of the options personally, as I have Windows running in a VM and have access to my Mac formatted external drives through it, but there are many recommendations on the forum for both of the NTFS drivers I mentioned. [/QUOTE]
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