PC created thumb drive not readable on mac airbook

[retired66]

Is there an app that will help?

 

[QuarterSwede]

What filesystem is the thumb drive using? Disk Utility will tell you. In the example below the filesystem on the thumb drive is ExFAT.

You may need to enable View > Show All Devices to see the drive at all.

The Mac will read FAT, ExFAT, HFS+, and APFS perfectly well. It will not read Windows' NTFS or Linux's Ext4, BTRFS, and ZFS natively.

 

[retired66]

What filesystem is the thumb drive using? Disk Utility will tell you. In the example below the filesystem on the thumb drive is ExFAT.

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You may need to enable View > Show All Devices to see the drive at all.View attachment 2625131

The Mac will read FAT, ExFAT, HFS+, and APFS perfectly well. It will not read Windows' NTFS or Linux's Ext4, BTRFS, and ZFS natively.

never mind all of a sudden it was read this time when I tried . . . Thanks for your effort!

 

[Basic75]

It will not read Windows' NTFS or Linux's Ext4, BTRFS, and ZFS natively.

I thought Macs can natively read NTFS but not write it? It's a shame macOS doesn't support any Linux filesystem, not even EXT2. Btw, Linux supports ZFS but it comes from Solaris.