#External disk format for mac and pc mac os x

You must format the external disk or flash drive in Mac OS Extended ( Journaled) with GUID partition table, If you want to make it a bootable USB installer disk for OS X.If you want to use the drive for Time Machine backup, it must be formatted in Mac OS Extended ( journaled).If you want to create an encrypted drive for Mac, it should be formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled).So if you wish to clean a hard drive for a fresh install of OS X you will need to format it under Mac OS Extended ( Journaled).

#External disk format for mac and pc mac os x

Mac OS X can only be installed on a hard drive formatted in Mac OS Extended ( Journaled), filesystem.Here are the following most common reasons why would you like to format an external disk or a flash drive for Mac under Mac OS Extended ( Journaled). There are a good number of reasons why you might want to format an external disk or a flash drive for full Mac compatibility. Why would you format an External Disk or a Flash Drive in Mac OS Extended (Journaled)? This will ensure full Mac compatibility of a new external hard drive or flash drive. So, If you wish to use the hard drive for Mac, you need to format the external media in Mac OS X native file system called вЂњMac OS Extended (Journaled)вЂќ filesystem. A Mac can only read the NTFS formatted hard drive but can not write any data on to it until you install a third party apps like NTFS for Mac or NTFS-3G to enable write access to NTFS partition under Mac OS X. A new external hard drive or a USB flash drive that you just bought can be used with both Mac and PC, but not always straight out of the box because most of them (external hard drives or USB flash drive) are sold in NTFS format, which is fully compatible only with Windows. Everyone these days has an external media like a flash drive or an external hard drive which they use to expand their storage space, or transfer files and folder between two computers or to keep some personal or confidential documents separate from the computer.