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    Best formatting for external HD for use with MacOS and Windows

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    • DashrenderD
      Dashrender
      last edited by

      @nic I have to assume you're talking about USB 3 being faster than LAN speeds. My personal tests have shown a NAS on 100 Mb LAN copies much faster than USB 2.0.

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      • NicN
        Nic
        last edited by

        I was assuming wireless, which would get lesser throughput. If on a wired LAN then I agree that would be faster. If it is a USB 3.0 drive how much difference would that make?

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender
          last edited by

          Looks like USB 3.0 supports up to 5 Mb, the SATA drives claim 6 Mb, but I'm sure the single drive would be the bottle neck on the USB 3.0 interface.

          I guess I never assume wireless for work networks, at least not for It personal. But maybe that's just me with my blinders on. I avoid wireless for anything more than casual surfing.

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          • RoguePacketR
            RoguePacket @Katie
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            @Katie said:

            @scottalanmiller Yes, ad-hoc storage - I have a 1TB hard drive that I want to format in the most efficient way possible for use with both my work machines.

            Big thought is where the Time Machine backup is. Not mandatory, but close. Keep in mind the ability for current OS X versions to have multiple Time Machine mount points (say, one at home and one at the office with each being encrypted as well as the laptop itself).

            Best interfaces for an external drive between the two platforms would be Thunderbolt for OS X and USB3 for Windows 7/8. Partition one for OS X and one for NTFS. Main reason is to be able to encrypt both. Would suck to lose (or "lose") the drive.

            Can get a 2TB rugged drive from LaCie with Thunderbolt & USB3—

            • http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10599
            • Yes, seeing the 1TB drive already available

            Macally tends to have Mac friendly enclosures (FW800), but aren't on the cutting edge (Thunderbolt).

            For the OS X NTFS utilities @nic alluded, check—

            • http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/ ($20, more popular option & works well enough)
            • http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/ ($31, haven't used)
            • http://osxfuse.github.io/ -and- https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/wiki/NTFS-3G (haven't used)
            • http://www.catacombae.org/hfsx.html (old & haven't used)
            • Good perspective, http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1386199
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            • NicN
              Nic
              last edited by

              Here you go, another possible solution:
              http://www.geek.com/tablets/toshiba-canvio-adapter-makes-any-external-hard-drive-wireless-1588614/

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              • RoguePacketR
                RoguePacket
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                @nic Wireless hard drives are new-ish and have interesting promise. Have yet to try one.

                Guess there are those OS X users which rave about their Time Capsule, Apple's own take on it.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @Nic
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                  @Nic said:

                  Here you go, another possible solution:
                  http://www.geek.com/tablets/toshiba-canvio-adapter-makes-any-external-hard-drive-wireless-1588614/

                  That's a seriously weird device.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                    last edited by

                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    @Nic said:

                    Here you go, another possible solution:
                    http://www.geek.com/tablets/toshiba-canvio-adapter-makes-any-external-hard-drive-wireless-1588614/

                    That's a seriously weird device.

                    Agreed, why not buy an all in one product that has wireless built in? I suppose you could swap out drives, but what are the chances for that?

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                    • NicN
                      Nic
                      last edited by

                      This is on sale if you want NTFS for Mac: https://deals.macupdate.com/deal/15648?utm_source=macupdate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=paragon

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                      • KatieK
                        Katie @Nic
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                        @Nic said:

                        This is on sale if you want NTFS for Mac: https://deals.macupdate.com/deal/15648?utm_source=macupdate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=paragon

                        That actually looks interesting. Thanks, @nic!

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