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What's the proper file system to use for Windows & OSX
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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 619846" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>Avoid FAT32 like the plague. Check out <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96232" target="_blank">this thread</a> about one guy's problems when using it, and one of <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=591255&postcount=5" target="_blank">my responses</a> there.</p><p></p><p>I personally wouldn't install any software to let Windows write to HFS+ volumes.. that would allow any malicious malware to affect OS X's files. Instead... format that partition for your media using NTFS. There are now free alternatives that will allow OS X to have write access to NTFS volumes (normally, OS X can only read NTFS volumes), although reportedly they write a bit slower than normal. I don't expect that should be a big deal for how you will use it. You'll need two packages to install: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/" target="_blank">MacFUSE</a> and <a href="http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">NTFS-3G</a>. Read the directions carefully.</p><p></p><p>As for an exclusions list on the Time Machine... yes, it does have one. Just add what you don't want backed up. The backups get VERY large, so I personally excluded my System Folder, Apps folder, and /Library. I keep a backup bootable copy of the OS on another drive, so I can easily recover anything from there for those folders if it's THAT important (highly unlikely).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 619846, member: 38864"] Avoid FAT32 like the plague. Check out [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96232"]this thread[/URL] about one guy's problems when using it, and one of [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=591255&postcount=5"]my responses[/URL] there. I personally wouldn't install any software to let Windows write to HFS+ volumes.. that would allow any malicious malware to affect OS X's files. Instead... format that partition for your media using NTFS. There are now free alternatives that will allow OS X to have write access to NTFS volumes (normally, OS X can only read NTFS volumes), although reportedly they write a bit slower than normal. I don't expect that should be a big deal for how you will use it. You'll need two packages to install: [URL="http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/"]MacFUSE[/URL] and [URL="http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/"]NTFS-3G[/URL]. Read the directions carefully. As for an exclusions list on the Time Machine... yes, it does have one. Just add what you don't want backed up. The backups get VERY large, so I personally excluded my System Folder, Apps folder, and /Library. I keep a backup bootable copy of the OS on another drive, so I can easily recover anything from there for those folders if it's THAT important (highly unlikely). [/QUOTE]
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