Monday, May 23, 2011

Re: [Avid-L2] ExFAT drive format

 

It is a great way to move between Mac and PCs platforms. It is
originally meant for SDHC cards (SDXC) so cameras can handle >32GB
memory and 4+GB files sizes.

The downside is you need Vista or better and 10.6.5 or better to take
advantage of it.

On 5/23/2011 8:12 PM, Robert Lawson wrote:
> So, I'm reformatting a USB portable drive from MAc to PC format on a
> Windows 7 box. I notice the two format choices are NTFS and exFAT.
>
> Wikipedia tells me that exFAT is a newer format intended for portable
> drives and that it is cross-compatible between Windows Vista (or
> newer) and OSX.
>
> Has anyone experimented with this? What are your experiences?
>
> If the answer is "None", then I'll try it anyway and report my
> findings to the Avid-L2 hive mind.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
>

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