On 14/06/16 22:14, David Sommerseth wrote: > 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.
Just some more details: <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11928982/what-is-the-difference-between-vfat-and-fat32-file-systems> -- kind regards, David Sommerseth