mopasim.blogg.se - Disk format for windows and mac

Note: The tutorial and screenshots below are based on an older version of macOS. How to Format an External Drive for MacĪs explained above, you need to format your drive from NTFS to Mac OS Extended. The problem is that on macOS, you can’t work with files saved on an NTFS drive unless you use a third-party app which usually costs money. What is NTFS? I’m not going to explain here you can read more on Wikipedia. It showed this format: Format: Windows NT File System (NTFS) I then right-clicked the external drive icon on Mac desktop > Get Info. If I wanted to use it with Mac OS or Time Machine backup (which is my intent), I’ll need to format the drive for my Mac. It brought me to a webpage on Seagate’s site, where it clearly indicated the drive was initially set up to work with a Windows PC. Since I wanted to use it on Mac, I clicked the blue logo with the text “Start_Here-Mac”. When I opened it, the default content was all there. When I connected the Seagate to my Mac, the drive icon showed up like this. I bought a brand new 2TB Seagate Expansion to backup my MacBook Pro before I updated it to the latest macOS.

Most External Hard Drives Are Initiated with NTFSĭuring the last several years, I’ve used a few external drives, including a 500GB WD My Passport, 32GB Lexar flash drive, and a few others.

How to Partition an External Hard Drive on Mac.

How to Format an External Drive for Mac.

Most External Hard Drives Are Initiated with NTFS.

I will do my best to test FAT32 from windows and see if the reverse works.Ĭonclusion: ExFat formatted drives form the MAc appear to work. performance is good, 1 hour to move data.ĪM Update 2: the Exfat could not be mounted on Raspi, installed "apt-get install exfat-fuse" and the drive is readable and writeable.ĪM Update 3: Using Parallels on Mac, I started Windows 7 and it can also write and read from the partition. Formatted 500 GB drive with ExFat (FAT32) on Mac. I will post a reply with my exact issue soon.ĪM Update 1: (I typed earlier, but doesn't appear here). It is possible Mac doesn't like FAT with Linux mix. I also will be aware of the multiple partitions. What I am hearing FAT is the primary choice. It might be my confusion on NTFS/FAT32/FAT16. Mac has difficult time writing to FAT (my opinion). I agree FATXX should be fine for Windows and Raspbian. I will build my external SD/stick/HD with FAT like the boot partition is and post my difficulties (if I run across).

I am puzzled as why you are having difficulties. It is also the only part of the SD card that Mac can access easily. After all, the Boot area of the Pi is FAT format and it can easily read and write that. Rpdom wrote:The FAT range of file systems should be fully supported by the Pi and Mac.