Mac file formats for harddrives, the difference?

[sayre]

hi, i have an external harddrive (western digital 2TB), right now it's formatted as NFTS (windows) and i'd like to format it, so i'll be able to read & write, now my question is, what is the difference between all these formats and which do i choose?

1. MS-DOS (FAT)
2. Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
3. Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)
4. Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive)

Thanks in advance.

 

[SilentPanda]

Most people use #2. If you need to read/write from a Windows type OS then use #1. #3 and #4 most people won't need/use.

 

[spinnerlys]

MS-Dos (FAT 32) - old, but can be read and written by Windows and Mac OS X.

Mac OS Extended (HFS+) - can not be read or written to by Windows without a third party tool like MacDrive.


Journaling

UFS or HFS

MRoogle

 

[sayre]

thanks a lot for answering, that clears up a lot 😀