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localhostrulez wrote:Still, Ned, you're lucky that your car stereo knows what USB is. At least the 4GB FAT32 file size limit isn't a big deal for music...
localhostrulez wrote:Still, Ned, you're lucky that your car stereo knows what USB is. At least the 4GB FAT32 file size limit isn't a big deal for music...
anotherengineer wrote:Well since this thread has been brought back from the dead, (2008) maybe the OP should be updated
Deanjo wrote:titan wrote:. Again, it's outside the scope of this article to discuss the benefits and drawbacks of each option, however, it should be noted that if this is an external drive you will be better served formatting the drive using the FAT32 file system. This will enable you to use the drive both on Mac and Window operating systems.
No..... just no. You have a few options on OS X if you want to cross platform mount. FAT32 shouldn't be needed in this day and age.
Options are
1) format in exFAT, both Windows and OS X can r/w to that filesystem and can be used in Linux as well.
2) enable NTFS write in OS X via editing stab
3) use 3rd party plugin on OS X to support NTFS such as Tuxera NTFS, Paragon NTFS or FUSE.
4) use 3rd party plugin on Windows to read HFS+ such as Paragons's HFS+ for Windows
FAT32 should never be used in this day and age.