Formatting between Windows and OS X

[lempkema]

So I just picked up an 8GB flash drive, and was wondering if there was any possible way to format the drive so that it both receives files larger than 4GB and is read/writeable on both OSs. Anyone?

 

[GGJstudios]

FAT32

• Read/Write FAT32 from both native Windows and native Mac OS X.
• No individual file larger than 4GB.

NTFS

• Read/Write NTFS from native Windows.
• Read only NTFS from native Mac OS X
• To Read/Write NTFS from Leopard: Install MacFUSE and NTFS-3G. You can install both with NTFS-3G for Mac OS X.
• To Read/Write NTFS from Snow Leopard: Guide: Enable native NTFS Read/Write in Snow Leopard
• (Be aware that some are of the opinion that enabling native NTFS in SL is unstable/unreliable, and favor the MacFuse/NTFS-3G method for Snow Leopard)

HFS

• Read/Write HFS from native Mac OS X
• To Read/Write HFS from Windows, Install MacDrive
• To Read HFS (but not Write) from Windows, Install HFSExplorer

 

[Hellhammer]

NTFS with NTFS-3G installed to your Mac(s)

 

[lempkema]

Thanks a lot, is there any way to format the drive NTFS from my mac?

 

[Hellhammer]

Thanks a lot, is there any way to format the drive NTFS from my mac?

AFAIK, no. Format it to FAT32 and then plug it to your PC and format it to NTFS, that's the easiest way.

 

[lempkema]

That's a problem lol. I was messing around with it at work and now it only shows up in Windows if I format it FAT, and it will only allow a 200mb chunk of the 8GB to be formatted. Any suggestions?

 

[GGJstudios]

Thanks a lot, is there any way to format the drive NTFS from my mac?

Yes, use Disk Utility.

 

[Hellhammer]

Yes, use Disk Utility.

It doesn't have option for NTFS format....

 

[GGJstudios]

It doesn't have option for NTFS format....

No?

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[Hellhammer]

No?

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Let me correct, as default, it doesn't Didn't know NTFS-3G adds NTFS support for DU too

 

[GGJstudios]

Let me correct, as default, it doesn't Didn't know NTFS-3G adds NTFS support for DU too

You're right. Native Mac OS X doesn't. My assumption was based on following the info in my first post in this thread to enable read/write of NTFS, which adds that as a formatting option in DU.

 

[lempkema]

Does NTFS-3G have a partition size limit? I keep getting an error when trying to format the drive "File system formatter failed."

 

[lempkema]

Nvm, I got it. Thanks again!