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<blockquote data-quote="iRock" data-source="post: 446235" data-attributes="member: 9277"><p>I would assume so. </p><p>But keep in mind that HFS+ is the default Mac File System.</p><p></p><p>To best put it:</p><p></p><p>"OS X will read NTFS. Won't write to it. Why? Most likely because of the security model... a Mac would need to be aware of the NT filesystem and permissions structure in order to effecitvely read and write to the disk. That is not easy to do, as how would a Mac predict both NT Workstation and Domain permissions when it is not "active"?"</p><p></p><p>------------------</p><p></p><p>Mac OS X has read write Access to FAT32 so if you want to use your drive on PC & Mac maybe this would be a better option? It really is down to how you want to use your drive though.</p><p></p><p>I guess this means that Mac OS X also supports FAT16 (or simply FAT), but the limitation with that is the maximum file size is 4GB.</p><p></p><p>I think it wouldn't do any harm Google it a bit and see what more you can find out about it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iRock, post: 446235, member: 9277"] I would assume so. But keep in mind that HFS+ is the default Mac File System. To best put it: "OS X will read NTFS. Won't write to it. Why? Most likely because of the security model... a Mac would need to be aware of the NT filesystem and permissions structure in order to effecitvely read and write to the disk. That is not easy to do, as how would a Mac predict both NT Workstation and Domain permissions when it is not "active"?" ------------------ Mac OS X has read write Access to FAT32 so if you want to use your drive on PC & Mac maybe this would be a better option? It really is down to how you want to use your drive though. I guess this means that Mac OS X also supports FAT16 (or simply FAT), but the limitation with that is the maximum file size is 4GB. I think it wouldn't do any harm Google it a bit and see what more you can find out about it. [/QUOTE]
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