[X4U] Format Mac an PC

[ksimones at spymac.com]

Assuming that you want to share an external drive between a
Mac and PC, you can format it as FAT32 on the PC and the Mac
should read and write to it fine. 

One thing to keep in mind is this: Mac uses a file structure
with a data fork and resource fork. You will see the Mac's 
resource fork on the PC when you view the files. The file will
be like this: ._filename - DON'T delete these files on the PC
or the file won't be readable when you once again want to mount
it on your Mac.

I just did this last week with an external drive and it works 
great. Below are a couple of links I used when researching...

http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/sharefwdrive.html
http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-32880.html

If this isn't what you wanted to know.. sorry.
-kevin



 

On Mon May 23 17:18 , Paul Moortgat <paul.moortgat at pandora.be> sent:

>Is it possible to format a HD part Mac and part PC?  If so, which soft?
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