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<blockquote data-quote="Neo" data-source="post: 498241" data-attributes="member: 36256"><p></p><p></p><p>NTFS is the name of your file system. If you want your Mac to be able to write to the disk, it must be formatted as FAT32 (I assume you are using the drive with Windows computers also).</p><p>There exist threads on this forum about which software suites people prefer.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>FAT32 is an older PC file system. Both Mac and PC can read and write to FAT32. You can have different file formats on different partitions, but the only benefit I could see for keeping NTFS around is if you need to store some VERY large files (>4 GB). FAT32 cannot write a file larger than this.</p><p></p><p><strong>Update:</strong> Just saw this thread regarding a beta enabling NTFS writes by Mac(?)</p><p><a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=498177#post498177" target="_blank">http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=498177#post498177</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neo, post: 498241, member: 36256"] [SIZE="1"][/SIZE] NTFS is the name of your file system. If you want your Mac to be able to write to the disk, it must be formatted as FAT32 (I assume you are using the drive with Windows computers also). There exist threads on this forum about which software suites people prefer. [SIZE="1"][/SIZE] FAT32 is an older PC file system. Both Mac and PC can read and write to FAT32. You can have different file formats on different partitions, but the only benefit I could see for keeping NTFS around is if you need to store some VERY large files (>4 GB). FAT32 cannot write a file larger than this. [B]Update:[/B] Just saw this thread regarding a beta enabling NTFS writes by Mac(?) [url]http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=498177#post498177[/url] [/QUOTE]
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