Alex, I have a 2 TB drive it is formatted his ex fat so you should be okay.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 7, 2015, at 7:05 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Possibly, but when I tried it a few years ago, it caused problems and > lock-ups, and I had to get rid of it. I'd rather convert the file system to > something both computers can work with natively, if at all possible. XFAT is > a good idea--I forgot about that one. It's a 1TB drive, so hopefully XFAT has > no limitations on disk space. >> On May 7, 2015, at 5:41 PM, Anders Holmberg <and...@pipkrokodil.se> wrote: >> >> Hi! >> Would ntfs4mac be of any help? >> This will make it possible to write ntfs partitions on the mac i think. >> /A >>> 7 maj 2015 kl. 22:03 skrev Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com>: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> First, why not use ExFAT format which allows for a much larger file size >>> and readable by both platforms. Second, theoretically you could do what >>> you’re asking, at least on a Mac with Disk Utility. I’ve only done this >>> with MacOS Extended Journaled partitions with GUID Partition Map schemes >>> though, so, I’m not positive that it will work with your setup. Mac does >>> read NTFS partitions but it cannot create a NTFS partition, thus, I don’t >>> believe that you’ll be able to accomplish this using regular MacOS tasks. >>> There may be a utility out there on the net, or maybe it could be done in >>> Windows, but I’m not sure. Sorry for the vague answer. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On May 7, 2015, at 13:03, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello all, >>> Given an external hard drive that has long been used on Windows and has a >>> lot of data on it, and the fact that this drive will need to support Mac >>> and Windows, how might I go about formatting it? I know I'll need to use >>> FAT32, and that this file system imposes a 4GB limit for files. My problem >>> will be reformatting the drive. I don't have a place to store the content >>> to do a complete wipe in one go. Would it be possible to make two >>> partitions, one FAT32 and the other the current NTFS, then move things from >>> one to the other, shrinking the NTFS and expanding the FAT32 as I go? I >>> don't know if that's even remotely possible, and any ideas would be great. >>> Thanks. >>> >>> -- >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex Hall >>> mehg...@icloud.com >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
