If you format your external hard drive to HFS, you can use it on MAC and Linux (by removing journaling). However, to use it on Windows you can HFS explorer (read only). Ext4: This is a default file system for linux OS (including Raspberry Pi). In Disk Utility on your Mac, you can format an external disk for a Windows computer. WARNING: Formatting a disk or volume erases all the files on it.
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By Juno | Posted to NTFS for Mac, updated on August 6th, 2019 |
With an external hard drive, you can efficiently transfer large files between computers running the same operating system type. However, it could be a totally different story if you plan to do this between a Mac and a PC. That's because, the two platforms have their specific file systems by default: Windows uses NTFS, while Mac use HFS+ or APFS. Out of the box, Windows can't read or write to HFS+/APFS and Macs can't write to NTFS drives.
Though the default file system is really a hurdle to use one external hard drive between Windows and Mac, there should be some ways to format an external drive for both Mac and PC. But how can you connect these two worlds and make your drive compatible with macOS and Windows exactly?
Just read the following content, and it will be helpful if you know some background information and do some preparations.
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