On 14/06/16 20:16, ToddAndMargo wrote: > On 06/14/2016 03:09 AM, David Sommerseth wrote: >> On 14/06/16 00:15, ToddAndMargo wrote: >>>> On 6/10/16 2:20 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: [...snip...] > > I should have said GPT partition with HFS+ format. > > I am basically looking for a shared format that will > accommodate large file transfers.
How large? > And OSx doesn't support NTFS write. The fuse is a paid > service and I would not want to install it on every Apple > I see, even if there is a 14 day trial. NTFS-3G is supported, > but I can't find a download for MAC for my life. (They point > you to the paid version.) Uhh!? <https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse> ... there's build instructions right there. Shouldn't need to cost a dime. Unless I'm ignoring some other details, but my general impression is that the code is available. > I don't have an Apple either. Apple does not allow you to > use a virtual machine of OSx, unless the base system is > Apple hardware (not going to happen). > > I am seeing a lot more Apple computers out there since > the advent of Frankenstein and Sons (Windows 8 and Nein, > oops, 10). I personally find OSx to be excruciatingly weird, > but I need to eat, so I will work on anything folks are willing > to pay for. (I make a lot of money off M$'s endless quality, > security, and reliability issues.) > > I prefer to work on Linux, but most of my customer's are small > business and they need their Windows to run their apps. > I have a few Linux server and workstations out there. > And, my shop is Linux. (I just don't have the patience to > fight with Windows on my own system after fighting with > it all day on my customer's machines.) I don't know if I'm just overlooking something in what you write. But why do you not just reformat the drive with {,ex,v}FAT file system and be done with it? That should be supported out-of-the box on most of the OSes you work with. I generally have had no interoperability issues with vfat for many years. For FAT32 based file systems (which I believe vfat in Linux classifies under), the file size limit is 4GB, IIRC. -- kind regards, David Sommerseth