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• POTATO MUSH CLIENT TIMER MAC OS X

FAT32 imposes a size limit of 4GB on single files. So if you work with bulky video clips, for example, adopting FAT32 may not be a good idea.

POTATO MUSH CLIENT TIMER MAC OS X

When formatting partitions, Windows 7’s Disk Management utility won’t let you create one that’s larger than 32GB, whereas Mac OS X Lion can create partitions as large as 2TB using its Disk Utility application. Finally, Mac OS X’s Time Machine backup utility won’t work with FAT32.

Windows prefers to use NTFS (which stands for New Technology File System, though it has been around for nearly 20 years now).

Macs running Snow Leopard or Lion can read from drives formatted as NTFS, but they can’t write to such drives unless you install a third-party driver or muck about in the Terminal. Conversely, Windows 7 can’t read and write to drives formatted as HFS+–also known as Mac OS Extended (journaled)–unless you install third-party software such as Paragon’s. To format a drive as FAT32 from a Mac, follow these simple steps.ġ. Set up your drive following the manufacturer’s instructions. Connect the power supply (if necessary), connect to the Mac via USB or FireWire, and turn on the drive. The drive should automatically mount on your Mac’s desktop (if the finder preferences are set to show external drives). If the drive is not formatted, you may get a message saying that the drive is unreadable by Mac OS X and asking you whether you want to format it via Disk Utility. #CREATING EXTERNAL BOOT DRIVE MAC MAC OS X#.