11-09-2011, 02:54 PM
[quote name='Brightcolours' timestamp='1320847143' post='12801']
: NTFS is not an option (you probably knew that already) because Mac OS X only can read NTFS, not write to it.
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OS X itself can't but there are several 3rd-party solutions, like MacFuse and NTFS-3G. I haven't used these for a while myself, so I'm not sure if they are Lion compatible.
However, for the intended purpose, I'd just stick to FAT32 on the external drive and make sure to always have a current backup, just in case something goes wrong.
-- Markus
: NTFS is not an option (you probably knew that already) because Mac OS X only can read NTFS, not write to it.
[/quote]
OS X itself can't but there are several 3rd-party solutions, like MacFuse and NTFS-3G. I haven't used these for a while myself, so I'm not sure if they are Lion compatible.
However, for the intended purpose, I'd just stick to FAT32 on the external drive and make sure to always have a current backup, just in case something goes wrong.
-- Markus
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