11-09-2011, 01:59 PM
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A few more questions....
Does it make a difference if I format the drive to FAT32 using the Mac as opposed to formatting it using the PC?
If there is even a possibility that there could be a difference in performance - I'd prefer that the drive perform at its best with the Mac rather than with the PC.
Since the PC is my own personal computer - I can just sync it with the internal hard drive and work from there. But I don't have that option on the Mac which is not mine.
Also, I've been reading stuff on the web meanwhile and found some interesting things that might be relevant to my situation:
1. I read on a couple of forums that FAT32 is commonly used on small capacity devices such as usb pen drives and such. One forum post stated the following:
Should this concern me, if using a 500GB drive?
2. I also read that there's software out there such as this:
[url="http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/standard/"]My link[/url]
to enable Windows to read/edit/write on Mac formatted drives. Would this be a better solution than formatting to FAT32, taking into account that it is essential that the drive performs well with the Mac, whereas with the PC I can cope with slow performance, by just syncing the external drive with the internal drive and working from the internal.
3. I've read some stuff about exFAT, but I'm not tech savvy enough to really understand what it's all about and if it is something I could use. Is it?
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1. No, it should not make you concerned. You will not lose files from the FAT32 formatted drive. It is not the OS you are running from this drive.
2. Macdrive works well (and fast) for HFS+ (journaled) drives (on windows). But it costs money for each PC you want to access the HFS+ formatted drive from. Like pointed out above, FAT32 has a limited address space, it can only allow for a certain number of files and a certain size of files. So, there are plusses and minusses for both options.
3. Never heard of exFAT for mac.
ps: NTFS is not an option (you probably knew that already) because Mac OS X only can read NTFS, not write to it.
Thanks Rainer <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />A few more questions....
Does it make a difference if I format the drive to FAT32 using the Mac as opposed to formatting it using the PC?
If there is even a possibility that there could be a difference in performance - I'd prefer that the drive perform at its best with the Mac rather than with the PC.
Since the PC is my own personal computer - I can just sync it with the internal hard drive and work from there. But I don't have that option on the Mac which is not mine.
Also, I've been reading stuff on the web meanwhile and found some interesting things that might be relevant to my situation:
1. I read on a couple of forums that FAT32 is commonly used on small capacity devices such as usb pen drives and such. One forum post stated the following:
Should this concern me, if using a 500GB drive?
2. I also read that there's software out there such as this:
[url="http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/standard/"]My link[/url]
to enable Windows to read/edit/write on Mac formatted drives. Would this be a better solution than formatting to FAT32, taking into account that it is essential that the drive performs well with the Mac, whereas with the PC I can cope with slow performance, by just syncing the external drive with the internal drive and working from the internal.
3. I've read some stuff about exFAT, but I'm not tech savvy enough to really understand what it's all about and if it is something I could use. Is it?
Thanks <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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1. No, it should not make you concerned. You will not lose files from the FAT32 formatted drive. It is not the OS you are running from this drive.
2. Macdrive works well (and fast) for HFS+ (journaled) drives (on windows). But it costs money for each PC you want to access the HFS+ formatted drive from. Like pointed out above, FAT32 has a limited address space, it can only allow for a certain number of files and a certain size of files. So, there are plusses and minusses for both options.
3. Never heard of exFAT for mac.
ps: NTFS is not an option (you probably knew that already) because Mac OS X only can read NTFS, not write to it.