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How does a Mac connect to a PC when they use two different file systems?
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<blockquote data-quote="S.SubZero" data-source="post: 888186" data-attributes="member: 51635"><p>This is because the hard drive is not part of the equation. The data is spooled off the drive and encapsulated into a network packet, which goes over the network. The receiving end doesn't know or care that the remote system has a particular filesystem; it only sees the incoming network packets and turns them back into the relevant data. This is how two operating systems with very different filesystems can share resources on a network.</p><p></p><p>Your external hard drive is not a network resource. When you plug it in to your Windows PC, the OS tries to read it as a hard drive, which makes the filesystem relevant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="S.SubZero, post: 888186, member: 51635"] This is because the hard drive is not part of the equation. The data is spooled off the drive and encapsulated into a network packet, which goes over the network. The receiving end doesn't know or care that the remote system has a particular filesystem; it only sees the incoming network packets and turns them back into the relevant data. This is how two operating systems with very different filesystems can share resources on a network. Your external hard drive is not a network resource. When you plug it in to your Windows PC, the OS tries to read it as a hard drive, which makes the filesystem relevant. [/QUOTE]
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