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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 725626" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>FAT32 is universally compatible, but note that you'll want to format it with OS X. Windows imposes an artificial limitation of a 32GB partition size. You are correct that your individual file sizes will be limited to 4GB. </p><p></p><p>My advice would be to either pick up MacDrive for Windows (this allows a Windows machine to read/write a Mac-formatted drive) or pick up Paragon NTFS for Mac. Either one of these products will eliminate the compatibility issues and allow you to use a more modern filesystem. FAT32 was discontinued for good reason, it's generally more prone to fragmentation and corruption.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 725626, member: 24098"] FAT32 is universally compatible, but note that you'll want to format it with OS X. Windows imposes an artificial limitation of a 32GB partition size. You are correct that your individual file sizes will be limited to 4GB. My advice would be to either pick up MacDrive for Windows (this allows a Windows machine to read/write a Mac-formatted drive) or pick up Paragon NTFS for Mac. Either one of these products will eliminate the compatibility issues and allow you to use a more modern filesystem. FAT32 was discontinued for good reason, it's generally more prone to fragmentation and corruption. [/QUOTE]
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