> 1) I have a variety of macs, powerbook & imac's all networked and I am going > to format them Mac OS extended & 9.2. Is Mac OS Extended and HFS+ the same > format? All I can find in apple's drive setup is either Mac OS standard and > Mac OS extended.
Yes, HFS+ is the same as Mac OS Extended. > 2) I noticed that when I go from Mac Extended to Mac OS Standard formatted > drives andthe size changes and gets considerably bigger (2x to 10x). Is > there any way to make the file the original (smaller) size? No, unless you stick with HFS+. This is the difference between HFS and HFS+, the minimum size of each file. For HFS it is 4k (ever wonder why all alias' where 4k?) while with HFS+ it is 1k. There are programs out there that will allow you to make the minimum size even smaller. We recently bought/used PlusMaker to take a 27gig drive from HFS to HFS+ without having to back up everything and wiping out the hard drive (although it is recommended that you back up first. We gambled and one!). My suggestion: format all Mac drives HFS+. I just noticed that on Toast Titanium you can burn a CD in HFS+ format, which wasn't the case before? That's great. Ron -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
