Yup; it allows file sizes of 1 exbibyte, which is 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 bytes (that'll be more storage than we ever need). There are downsides to it though; for all the techy details for those who are so inclined, hit the link. XFat is actually spelled as ExFat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ShamelessFanGirl Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 1:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: xfat. Supposedly, it lifts the 4 GB file size limitation imposed by fat32, but I've not tried reformatting one of my ntfs drives to find out. This, according to what I was able to gather from researching the matter, but I know nothing of anyone and their personal experience with this means of formatting. Twitter: @IndigoCellist Skype: shameless_FanGirl Sent from my iPhone On Apr 15, 2011, at 1:16 PM, Thomas Byskov Dalgaard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > Does anyone know if this Xfat system changes some of the limits in FAT 32? > Would be great if I could skip NTFS but I need it so I can use my external drives with both Mac and other computers which e.g. are running WIndows. > > Best regards > THomas > Den 15/04/2011 kl. 16.36 skrev ShamelessFanGirl: > >> Morning listers, >> >> Supposedly this is becoming the new standard, and is replacing/has replaced fat32 with regard to being accessible via both Windows systems, and the Mac. Have any of you either used this, had experience with this formatting option, or encountered this particular bit of info? I really only need to cross-access drives to import my IOS apps, ringtones, etc into iTunes, however, therein lies the quandary I'm experiencing. That, and it would be ideal to know this before I potentially reformat my existing drives for nothing. >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> >> Twitter: @IndigoCellist >> >> Skype: shameless_FanGirl >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
