Supposedly, it lifts the 4 GB file size limitation imposed by fat32, but I've not tried reformatting one of my ntfs drives to find out. This, according to what I was able to gather from researching the matter, but I know nothing of anyone and their personal experience with this means of formatting.
Twitter: @IndigoCellist Skype: shameless_FanGirl Sent from my iPhone On Apr 15, 2011, at 1:16 PM, Thomas Byskov Dalgaard <t...@coolfortheblind.dk> wrote: > Hi! > > Does anyone know if this Xfat system changes some of the limits in FAT 32? > Would be great if I could skip NTFS but I need it so I can use my external > drives with both Mac and other computers which e.g. are running WIndows. > > Best regards > THomas > Den 15/04/2011 kl. 16.36 skrev ShamelessFanGirl: > >> Morning listers, >> >> Supposedly this is becoming the new standard, and is replacing/has replaced >> fat32 with regard to being accessible via both Windows systems, and the Mac. >> Have any of you either used this, had experience with this formatting >> option, or encountered this particular bit of info? I really only need to >> cross-access drives to import my IOS apps, ringtones, etc into iTunes, >> however, therein lies the quandary I'm experiencing. That, and it would be >> ideal to know this before I potentially reformat my existing drives for >> nothing. >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> >> Twitter: @IndigoCellist >> >> Skype: shameless_FanGirl >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
