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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1626156" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>The Mac can read and write to FAT 32 drives. Will any of the files on the drive be larger than 4 GB? If so, don't use FAT 32. Here is what I would do in that situation:</p><p></p><p>1. If the drive will only be used on the Mac format the drive as HFS+.</p><p>2. If the drive will be used for Mac <strong>and </strong> Windows format the drive as NTFS. Then add the <a href="http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/" target="_blank">Paragon NTFS driver software</a> to the Mac. It's well worth the money. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://macs.about.com/od/applications/ss/diskutilformat_4.htm" target="_blank">How to format a drive using Disk Utility</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1626156, member: 131855"] The Mac can read and write to FAT 32 drives. Will any of the files on the drive be larger than 4 GB? If so, don't use FAT 32. Here is what I would do in that situation: 1. If the drive will only be used on the Mac format the drive as HFS+. 2. If the drive will be used for Mac [B]and [/B] Windows format the drive as NTFS. Then add the [URL="http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/"]Paragon NTFS driver software[/URL] to the Mac. It's well worth the money. [URL="http://macs.about.com/od/applications/ss/diskutilformat_4.htm"]How to format a drive using Disk Utility[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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