According to apple, msdos fat is the one you want. I have used XFat before as well, but as long as your not using files over 4 or 4.5 gig I think it is, MSDosFat works on all devices.
God bless our troops and God bless America again. Jimmy Podsim. http://www.facebook.com/jimmy.podsim/ Yahoo messenger, [email protected] [email protected] On Jul 9, 2014, at 6:09 AM, Daniel McGee <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm seeing the following options. > > MS Dos FAT > > EX Fat > > Which option should I choose? > > I'm not seeing FAT32 just the ones I've described above. > > > On 8 Jul 2014, at 22:31, matthew dyer vinux laptop > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> What about fat or fat 32? Both should work fine. >> tthew >> >> >> Ma >> On 07/07/2014 07:03 PM, Daniel McGee wrote:Hey all, maybe a simple question >> but it isn't for me. So your advice would be welcome. Basically, I have a >> flash drive sitting here that I'm thinking of using with somebody to act as >> the go between for transferring music files. The problem is that he uses >> Windows. XP I believe and I'm using a Mac. So put simply, when I go to >> erase/re-format it, what is the recommended file format to pick so that the >> USB flash drive can safely go between Windows and Mac OS's respectively. >> Obviously, I know not to choose Mac OS extended and all the other formats >> that are 'Mac OS.' So I've taken that out of the equation for a start. So, >> any input on choosing the right file formats between Mac and Windows in >> order for the USB flash drive to be universally used would be grate to know. >> Thanks much Daniel >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
