After our Windows encryption showdown, reader Jerod passed along this tip to make sure your encrypted volumes, especially external hard drives, in Windows play nicely with other platforms like OS ...

The overwhelming majority of USB flash drives you buy are going to come in one of two formats: FAT32 or NTFS. The first format, FAT32, is fully compatible with Mac OS X, though with some drawbacks ...

When formatting 32GB or more of disk space with the standard function of Windows 10, you cannot select FAT32 format. With the open source format software ' Rufus ', it is possible to format USB memory ...

Using an external drive between Mac and Windows computers can be a hassle, since you constantly have to reformat it to fit which computer you're using it on. Instead of reformatting it all the time, ...

For those who use both Microsoft Windows and Apple macOS, having a single external hard drive that is compatible with both operating systems could be very beneficial. The problem with this is that by ...

I just picked up some external hard drives but can't decide what to format them as. Mac OS Journaled or exFat? Is there any speed difference between the two? I assume exFAT isn't much better than ...

How to format a thumb drive to work with Windows PCs and Macs using macOS Monterey Your email has been sent Occasionally the need arises to use a thumb drive to store ...

Currently storing my LR library on a portable drive mounted on my iMac, where I do most of my LR use. Recently bought a HP laptop to take on trips and thinking about setting up LR there as well.

Most external hard drives come formatted with the FAT file system, which makes the drive compatible with multiple operating systems. As such, the drive is immediately usable out of the box. If you ...

Why is your USB drive so slow? If your drive is formatted in FAT32 or exFAT (the latter of which can handle larger capacity drives), you have your answer. USB drive vendors tend to format their drives ...