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NTFS for Mac not working
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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 1528199" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>Right. The problem that I had in mind was potential data corruption when prematurely unplugging a drive. USB is apparently far more prone to that happening than Firewire, and NTFS is apparently more vulnerable to this than FAT (oddly enough). I dug up an article that touches on this briefly.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/110632/What-is-the-proper-way-to-safely-unplug-USB-drives" target="_blank">What is the proper way to safely unplug USB drives? - usbdrive unmount unplugging | Ask MetaFilter</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 1528199, member: 38864"] Right. The problem that I had in mind was potential data corruption when prematurely unplugging a drive. USB is apparently far more prone to that happening than Firewire, and NTFS is apparently more vulnerable to this than FAT (oddly enough). I dug up an article that touches on this briefly. [url=http://ask.metafilter.com/110632/What-is-the-proper-way-to-safely-unplug-USB-drives]What is the proper way to safely unplug USB drives? - usbdrive unmount unplugging | Ask MetaFilter[/url] [/QUOTE]
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