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Newbie ?: Do I reformat my FAT32 External HD to Mac OS Extended (Journalized)
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1182474" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>Formatting it is optional. It depends on whether you intend to use it to store very large files as FAT-32 will not support a file size over 4 GB. If you never intend to use it that way, leave it alone. Copying files to your new Mac's internal drive and then back again might be OK if you don't have much to copy. The more you have to copy back and forth the more you open yourself to file corruption and errors.</p><p></p><p>Your Mac will read and write to FAT-32 just fine. And, you can still use it with your PC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1182474, member: 46727"] Formatting it is optional. It depends on whether you intend to use it to store very large files as FAT-32 will not support a file size over 4 GB. If you never intend to use it that way, leave it alone. Copying files to your new Mac's internal drive and then back again might be OK if you don't have much to copy. The more you have to copy back and forth the more you open yourself to file corruption and errors. Your Mac will read and write to FAT-32 just fine. And, you can still use it with your PC. [/QUOTE]
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