AndyD Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 I get these two options when trying to format a drive using Macdrive - what is the standard? I'm not a Mac OSX user so I have no idea which is the preferred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhpuqrgrpgvirzhpujbj Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 HFS+ Journaled, Non-case sensitive is the default I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menge Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 case INsensitive HFS+ the case sensitive option causes problems with some software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyD Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 Is that extended HFS+? The only options I have are... Standard Extended HFS+ Extended HFS+ case sensitive HFSX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 I prefer case sensitive BUT adobe's software won't work with that :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyD Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 Apps won't run off of it. I'm sending a drive to a friend with pictures / videos from a trip we took together for over a month. She has a Mac and I'm on Windows. Using Macdrive to make sure that she has no issues on her end when trying to access the drive. So I can just use case sensitive if all I'm going to do is put videos / pictures on the drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdood Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Case sensitive is theoretically great, especially if you want to interact with Unix/Linux servers, but like others have pointed out there is software which just doesn't support it (because they try to open files with no regards for case). If you're installing for a regular user, you want case sensitivity off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyD Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 But safe to assume that extended HFS+ is that? I ended up formatting it with that option and it seems ok to me. I pass files over and seems ok. Not sure what my friend will see when she connects it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhpuqrgrpgvirzhpujbj Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 But safe to assume that extended HFS+ is that? I ended up formatting it with that option and it seems ok to me. I pass files over and seems ok. Not sure what my friend will see when she connects it though If you chose "Extended HFS+" your fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menge Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 since she's on a Mac and you're on Windows, then you can also format the drive as FAT32 or NTFS. She will be able to read/write on FAT32 and read-only on NTFS (but will also be able to reformat it in a format she can use if she keeps the hard drive) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrack Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 FAT32 is fine, as long as none of the files are >2.5GB (or something) and the paths names + file names don't exceed some limit. I wish MS would adopt a more open file system :(. Or at least include some drivers to read HFS+ or the ext2 and 3 from Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyD Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 Well, I'm using the trial version of Macdrive to format it to HFS+. Sounds like I'm good with the option I selected And yeah, I agree that MS should have something already in their OS to support the file system but probably will never happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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