NTFS on Mac/Windows 10 compatibility

[jvlfilms]

Hello guys,

Kind of a technical question here but was hoping to see your thoughts.

I have a Mac Pro that I upgraded pretty significantly over the last few months due to COVID-19. The latest upgrade I made was a NVMe drive that I hope to use as a scratch disk for my Adobe Premiere workload. Initially, I formatted it for macOS Extended (journaled) which I guess is HFS but quickly realized that format is not directly visible in Windows 10.

I don't think I'll primarily be using Windows 10 to edit but it would be worthwhile for me to be able to see and read the files on that drive in case I'm logged onto that particular OS. My goal would be to have a file format that could be read by both operating systems that I can read/write to.

Is there any inherit downside to using NTFS over a Mac file system? I'll be dealing with video and Premiere project files.

 

[AndyMacAndMic]

Hello guys,

Kind of a technical question here but was hoping to see your thoughts.

I have a Mac Pro that I upgraded pretty significantly over the last few months due to COVID-19. The latest upgrade I made was a NVMe drive that I hope to use as a scratch disk for my Adobe Premiere workload. Initially, I formatted it for macOS Extended (journaled) which I guess is HFS but quickly realized that format is not directly visible in Windows 10.

I don't think I'll primarily be using Windows 10 to edit but it would be worthwhile for me to be able to see and read the files on that drive in case I'm logged onto that particular OS. My goal would be to have a file format that could be read by both operating systems that I can read/write to.

Is there any inherit downside to using NTFS over a Mac file system? I'll be dealing with video and Premiere project files.

If you format the drive to exfat it can be read from/written to natively by both Windows and Mac OS. MacOS can natively only read from ntfs but not write to it (not without external utility programs).
Exfat (Google for it) is probably the best choice for your use case.

 

[jvlfilms]

If you format the drive to exfat it can be read from/written to natively bij both Windows and Mac OS. MacOS can natively only read from ntfs but not write to it (not without external utility programs).
Exfat (Google for it) is probably the best choice for your use case.

Thanks for the info! I've heard a lot though about the reliability of exFAT when comparing it to something like HFS or even NTFS. Have you experienced anything similar? I will be dealing with big files but they won't necessarily need to be that secure as I can always redownload them if need be.

 

[AndyMacAndMic]

Thanks for the info! I've heard a lot though about the reliability of exFAT when comparing it to something like HFS or even NTFS. Have you experienced anything similar? I will be dealing with big files but they won't necessarily need to be that secure as I can always redownload them if need be.

In my experience exfat is reliable and it can handle large files.
Also, never forget to make back ups ( just as with any file system).

 

[jvlfilms]

In my experience exfat is reliable and it can handle large files.
Also, never forget to make back ups ( just as with any file system).

Thank you very much for the help!!