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hobbit709

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4. The main problem is that both Apple and MS pretend the other file system doesn't exist.

Reply to csziggy (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2015, 08:54 AM

May 2015

NTFS has a maximum volume size of 2 Tb so if you get a larger drive it will have to be partitioned.
Windows 8 uses the GPT system so it can read/write to partitions larger than 2 Tb. Windows 7 doesn't like it.
A Mac will read NTFS but you have to change a setting in the Mac to write to it.

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External harddrives not interchangeable between Windows & Mac? [View all] csziggy May 2015 OP

Depends on the formatting FBaggins May 2015 #1

Yes - I just found an article about reformatting csziggy May 2015 #2

I found this discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #3

The main problem is that both Apple and MS pretend the other file system doesn't exist. hobbit709 May 2015 #4

I'm starting to think that cloud storage would be the way to go csziggy May 2015 #6

Format it with exFAT ChromeFoundry May 2015 #5