{"id":64,"date":"2012-03-05T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appledomination.co.za\/index.php\/2012\/03\/05\/share-your-external-drive-between-mac\/"},"modified":"2015-08-10T16:33:11","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T16:33:11","slug":"share-your-external-drive-between-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appledomination.co.za\/index.php\/2012\/03\/05\/share-your-external-drive-between-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Share your External drive between Mac and Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever tried to use your external storage between Windows and Mac, you will already know that it is not that simple.<\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-nGPimTstl3Q\/T1KbimFIsBI\/AAAAAAAAApM\/7s7zwSmMB1I\/s1600\/mac_vs_windows.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.appledomination.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mac_vs_windows.png?resize=200%2C200\" width=\"200\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Props to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allnewsmac.com\/2010\/08\/09\/microsoft-posts-new-pc-vs-mac-page\/\">AllNewsMac<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<b>Here&#8217;s why:<\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Lion (and Mountain Lion?) can read drives formatted as NTFS, but cannot write to them. As we know, NTFS is the preferred file system for Windows.<\/li>\n<li>Windows cannot read <i>or<\/i> write from drives formatted in HFS+ file system, better known as Mac OS Extended (journaled), the preferred choice for Mac OS X.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\nThe above is true, but can be circumvented with the help of 3rd-party software.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nSo without investing in extra software or messing about in Terminal, what is the common ground between to the 2 OS&#8217;s? Wait for it&#8230; FAT32!<\/div>\n<div>\n<a name='more'><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\nYip, the file system that we thought we wouldn&#8217;t see again since the advent of Windows XP over 10 years ago, is still needed to please our mixed platform environments.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<b>Why were we glad to see the demise of FAT32?<\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>4GB file-size limit. No single files can be over 4GB (4096MB).<\/li>\n<li>Windows won&#8217;t allow you to make a partition FAT32 if it is more than 32GB in size. Mac will let you go as high as 2TB.<\/li>\n<li>Mac OS&#8217;s Time Machine will not let you use a FAT32 drive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nSo if you can live with the drawbacks of FAT32, and still want to share your drive between the 2 platforms, go ahead and format your external as FAT32.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nHere&#8217;s a quickie on how to format your drive using Lion or 7.<\/div>\n<div>\n<b>Remember<\/b>, this will FORMAT your external drive, so be sure to backup any data you wish to retrieve afterwards.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<b><i>Formatting on 7:<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Plug in your external drive.<\/li>\n<li>Open My Computer.<\/li>\n<li>Select your drive, and right-click it. Choose Format.<\/li>\n<li>Change the File System to FAT32. Leave the allocation unit at the default. Choose a Label, and select Quick Format.<\/li>\n<li>This will take a few seconds, depending on the size of the drive.<\/li>\n<li>That&#8217;s it. Done.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-U1SLad0ek0w\/T1KXtb182BI\/AAAAAAAAAo8\/Zv8wnRxyf0c\/s1600\/windows_Formate.PNG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.appledomination.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/windows_Formate.png?resize=400%2C366\" width=\"400\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<b>Formatting from Lion:<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Plug in your external drive.<\/li>\n<li>Open Finder<\/li>\n<li>Find Disk Utilities under <i>\/Applications\/Utilities.<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Select your drive in the left pane.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Select Erase.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Choose your options, including the label and the File System. MS-DOS (FAT).<\/li>\n<li>Remember that if your drive is bigger than 2TB, you will need to partition it to allow you to select the FAT option. Use the Partition tab for this.<\/li>\n<li>That&#8217;s it. Done. Enjoy!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-lNhE0XfT5K0\/T1KaZ3dWIII\/AAAAAAAAApE\/F5FLqcjA2w0\/s1600\/Mac_format.PNG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.appledomination.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Mac_format.png?resize=400%2C267\" width=\"400\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever tried to use your external storage between Windows and Mac, you will already know that it is not that simple. Props to AllNewsMac Here&#8217;s why: Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Lion (and Mountain Lion?) can read drives formatted as NTFS, but cannot write to them. As we know, NTFS is the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.appledomination.co.za\/index.php\/2012\/03\/05\/share-your-external-drive-between-mac\/\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[194,195,139,20,132,149,97],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.appledomination.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mac_vs_windows.png?fit=200%2C200&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6OBBc-12","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50,"url":"https:\/\/www.appledomination.co.za\/index.php\/2012\/08\/18\/write-to-ntfs-from-your-mac\/","url_meta":{"origin":64,"position":0},"title":"Write to NTFS from your Mac","date":"August 18, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Any Mac user that shares external drives with Windows machines knows; you can read and write to FAT32 drives, but you can only read from an NTFS one. 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