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Switcher Hangout (Windows to Mac)
Thinking of switching: a few questions
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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 641009" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>You can't put Windows on the external drive, but otherwise if you want to share it between Windows and OS X, you can. Out of the box, OS X can read/write to FAT32 partitions and read-only NTFS. There is 3rd party software available to let OS X write to NTFS partitions also... I recommend that route due to some limitations of FAT32, some of which are severe, especially on larger drives. You can get software for Windows to let Windows read/write OS X's HFS+ partitions, but by no means would I recommend that. You'd be leaving your OS X system vulnerable to Windows and all the malware that it risks picking up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 641009, member: 38864"] You can't put Windows on the external drive, but otherwise if you want to share it between Windows and OS X, you can. Out of the box, OS X can read/write to FAT32 partitions and read-only NTFS. There is 3rd party software available to let OS X write to NTFS partitions also... I recommend that route due to some limitations of FAT32, some of which are severe, especially on larger drives. You can get software for Windows to let Windows read/write OS X's HFS+ partitions, but by no means would I recommend that. You'd be leaving your OS X system vulnerable to Windows and all the malware that it risks picking up. [/QUOTE]
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