Formatting external HD
Formatting external HD
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Sees like it should be a simple task but it isnt.
The only disk format that Mac & windows can read and write to is FAT32. Mac OS X Can format the disk as a MS-DOS Partition using the Disk Utility.
BUT here is the drawback. FAT32 format has a file limitation of 2GB. filenmes cannot have special characters such as $&#.
The disk can only be 32Gb to (can be larger but might not work on windows)So as long as you know those limitations you should be all set.
Windows now uses NTFS which eliminates those problems, Mac OS can read NTFS but cannot write to it.
The best option would be to format it as the Mac native HFS+ format and get a copy of MacDrive for windows
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