On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 3:05 AM Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 1:32 AM Tim via users > <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > > > If I wanted to use a USB hard drive between a Mac and Linux, what are > > the best choices of file systems that work well in both ways? > > > > Chiefly, I'm offloading edited video files from the Mac's drive that's > > filling up, that I want to keep for posterity. But it would be nice to > > be able to read and write files on Linux too (sneakernet). > > I believe the actual filesystem should be Ok. Linux supports lesser > known filesystem like APFS and HFS(+). Also see > <https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/file-system-formats-dsku19ed921c/mac>. > > But be careful of character sets used for filenames. Apple uses > UTF-8-Mac charset for filenames, and the gunlib folks don't approve of > Apple's modifications. So there's a potential for filename problems. > Also see <https://github.com/fumiyas/libiconv-utf8mac>.
One other thing... Apple also provides support for multiple-forks, which are like NTFS Alternate Data Streams. So be sure to avoid them on the Apple side. Also see <https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/69557>. Jeff -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
