Hard drive for both mac and PC??????????????

[electrikalex]

Is there any way to format a hard drive on my mac which works both on a mac and on a PC without partitioning it??

 

[Ntombi]

I think you forgot a question mark or two.

 

[richard.mac]

yes FAT32… but theres a 4 GB write per file limit. Mac OS X can only read to NTFS by default but Macfuse + NTFS3g (open source) or Paragon NTFS for Mac (shareware) will add write suport. Windows can read/write to HFS+ with MacDrive (shareware).

 

[BornAgainMac]

I noticed FAT32 is slow on the Mac side. I only use FAT32 for thumb drives. In a perfect world, ZFS would be ready for prime time and Windows and Macs could use that by default.

 

[Schtumple]

I think you forgot a question mark or two.

Last edited by Ntombi : Today at 11:17. Reason: cause I was wrong.

I think you got it spot on to be honest...

 

[electrikalex]

Is FAT32 the same as MS-DOS on a mac??

 

[Tallest Skil]

Is FAT32 the same as MS-DOS on a mac??

What the heck is DOS as a format, by the way?

Just format it as NTFS and get an OS X NTFS read/write support utility. The main one (can't remember the name) is seamless with OS X, so NTFS is used as any other drive.

It's also free. Don't pay for any NTFS utilities.

 

[cube]

I noticed FAT32 is slow on the Mac side. I only use FAT32 for thumb drives. In a perfect world, ZFS would be ready for prime time and Windows and Macs could use that by default.

ZFS has been ready for a long time in Solaris.

 

[electrikalex]

Format to NTFS

OK, I'll format to NTFS, but is there any way to do that on a mac??? My PC does not recognze my hard drive so....