OSX, File Systems and Cluster Sizes.

[EdinburghGary]

Guys,

If I want to access files on both Windows and OSX, I think the latest file system is exFAT ?

If ALL I store on the hard drive is Full Resolution, Full Quality JPEGS and RAW files, am I OK to stick with exFAT?

Alternatively I could format as fat32 using OSX and then use the drive on both Windows and OSX.

Lastly, I could buy third party OSX NTFS software and use it instead.

I am also wondering if I should use a large cluster size as a result of having only huge files on the drive?

Gary.

 

[neil_g]

id always go with a journalled file system these days, FAT is archaic in my opinion.

NTFS and an application for mac or HFS+ and an application for windows, whichever is more convinient

 

[Chappers]

I'd go with Neil's suggestion. I have a drive that needs to be accessed by both Mac and PC's. It also contains large image files. I have it formated as NTFS and use NTFS for Mac to access it.