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Mac, Windows and Linux at the same time

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‎07-10-2012 01:45 PM

I purchased a 3 TB My Book Essential a couple of months ago, and I intend to use it primarily for my notebook, which is a Macbook Pro, Mac OS X 10.6.8. The problem is that I also plan to use this external HD to occasionally move files from/to both of my PCs, one which runs OpenSuse 12.1, and the other, Windows 7.  Any tips on how I should setup/format my external hard drive to make it compatible (read & write) with all three computers?  Many thanks in advance.

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Re: Mac, Windows and Linux at the same time

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‎07-11-2012 11:51 AM

FAT32 will work on Win and Mac, not sure if Linux but don't see why not

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‎08-08-2012 03:07 AM

Anything better than FAT32? The FAT32 file size limit of 4 GB is not enough.
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