If your ambition is to have a drive with full read and write options for both Mac and Windows I would suggest that you use MSDos Fat 32. Windows will not be able to write to the Mac OS journal formatted drives whilst although the Mac will be able to read it will not be able to write to Windows NTFS drives without third party software support.
I have an external MSDos FAT 32 drive precisely for the job of using on both systems. David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George Cham Sent: 01 July 2014 08:42 To: OS X & iOS Accessibility Subject: Formating a external hard drive Hello Everyone, I know i asked this question before , but i can't find it in my archives nor is the mac-access archives easy to navigate. Ive just purchased a external hd with NTFS software for the mac. The manufacture says it will work on mac and windows. My Question is this , should erase the drive to work on the mac and windows using os extended journal ? George Cham [email protected] <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
