![]() ![]() Both Windows and Mac have installable file system drivers for it. This option is better than the first one.ģ/ ext2/3 - this is the standard Linux file system. NTFS does have a more mature permissions model than FAT32 and is generally more secure. They have been in the file system driver business for a lot of years. ![]() Previous file system offerings from Paragon seem very well regarded. This *is* beta, and it will be shareware, but first reports are that it works very well. See the following thread, by Paragon Software, advertising beta availability of their NTFS for Mac: FAT32 is "cheap and cheerful", but not recommended.Ģ/ NTFS - This has been supported by Windows for a long time, and has just very, very recently become available in full read/write mode for Macs. ![]() Drawbacks? It has no file permission model, making it somewhat insecure, plus causing the loss of Mac OS X's carefully crafted per file permissions as you transfer things back and forth. Just format your drive for it and both Win and Mac can read and write. ![]() Happily, both machines now support three common file systems:ġ/ FAT32 - The older, lesser Windows standard file systemĢ/ NTFS - Win NT, 2000, XP and Vista all default to thisģ/ ext2/3 - Mac, Win and Linux all share this formatĤ/ HFS+ - this is the native Mac OS X format.ġ/ FAT32 - this is supported natively by both Windows and Mac. There are a variety of options that will let you share the same drive between both your PC and your Mac. ![]()
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