Windows can do GPT on hard disks, so why on earth it can’t on USB devices, God only knows. Stupid Windows. Both Windows and OS X support ExFAT nowadays.
200 MB is exactly the size of the FAT32 ESP (EFI System Partition) that OS X creates; I imagine that’s what you were seeing. And Windows is rumoured to only see and use one partition on external USB devices, so in that context this experience makes sense. Even if it is bloody stupid! General rule: if file sizes are less than 4 GB and medium is less or equal to 32 GB and there’s a possibility that not only OS X and Windows are in use, use FAT32. Else use ExFAT. Overheads of FAT32 become noticeable above 32 GB as cluster sizes must grow. BootCamp always uses a GUID partition table, however versions of Windows on certain versions of Apple hardware use legacy BIOS CSM emulation. The table becomes “hybrid”, which in simple terms means that it combines GPT and MBR, with BootCamp tools combining them and keeping them in sync. But recent versions of Windows (8+) and recent versions of Mac hardware support a pure GPT environment, with no hybrid partition. These are clearly preferable, if you can get them, because Windows and OS X are sharing the exact same hardware profile. The most recent hardware (the 2015 model MacBook Pro, for instance) dropped CSM; now operating systems booting on it must be UEFI-capable (Windows 8+, Linux, OS X). -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.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 https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
