We'll use it to perform a quick, cursory format (e.g., diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ NewDisk GPT disk0) to make the disk appear in Disk Utility, where further modifications can more easily be made. Plugging in an unformatted external drive produces the usual alert, 'The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer. You shouldn't be using FAT32 anymore. ExFAT has been supported by Windows since Windows XP Service Pack 2, and Mac OS since 10.6.5. The file size limit on exFAT is so large that you'll never realistically hit it. You can find exFAT in the format options in disk utility.

I recently leant my external hard drive to a friend, and when it came back the file size limit had dropped from 4gb to 2gb. I've asked if he did anything to the format and he said all he did was copy files off it, and it worked first time with no errors. I have files on my drive that are over 2GB, but for some reason now I can't copy any over that size and I just get an error saying the file size is too large for the drive format. I'm pretty sure I formatted the drive specifically in FAT32 to get a 4GB file size limit (which is what I need) and so it can be written to on a mac, and at least read from on a windows pc. Anyone else experience this issue before? It is the first time using the hard drive since I updated to High Sierra if that helps. Running MacBook Pro late 2012 model.

Actually, no. My late-2015 Sony 4K TV with Android only supports FAT32 Whats the model? A very quick Google has Sony's own employees on their own forums saying exFAT support was added to their TVs in 2011. The fact that you think a 4K TV from any manufacturer would only support FAT32 is quite puzzling.

Even a 1080p movie from iTunes is typically closer to 5GB. For 4K using H265, you're looking at double that for 4K. And that's not even a decent bitrate! Are you still going to argue your pointless point? Considering its not a remotely pointless point, yes I'm absolutely going to keep telling you to stop using an ancient restrictive format.

RetroPi won't read exFAT And yet RetroPi running on top of one of the multiple Kodi/Debian platforms will read exFAT just fine. PS3 won't read exFAT Which we already established is old as fuck. Shit we're likely closer to the PS5 launch date than the PS4 launch at this point. Most 4k tvs won't see exFAT for file transfer Which is completely false.

Just like the guy before you tried to claim his Sony TV didn't support it, even doing the shortest amount of research will tell you this is not true. Unless your 4K TV is old as fuck, it supports exFAT. So the problem is how do we do what we need to within the confines of the electrics OP is working with. 9 times out of 10, people that are still using FAT32 are using it out of habit and they don't know any better. Not because they're knowingly limited to it.

OP hasn't said what they use. If they indeed use something that doesn't support it, then that's fine. They should be informed about exFAT regardless.

So your point remains pointless & unhelpful. Not it isn't.

Your point, coming into a 3 month old post and saying shit that not only was completely covered, but also inaccurate, just to seemingly stir up shit, was pointless and unhelpful. Shit, the guy I was talking to about his 4K TV. He never responded after I explained to him that his TV actually does support exFAT. That's me helping someone learn something they didn't even realize. Mac os download for windows. That's helpful.

And that's the point. I'm informing people.

Ever run out of storage space and start wondering if it would be possible to take a crowbar to your new unibody MacBook Pro to pry it open and put another hard drive in? Neither do I. However, it is frustrating that you have to sacrifice storage space because you spent the extra money to get a solid-state drive instead of the cheaper hard disk drive. So you figured, “Fine, I’ll just get an external hard drive. I’ll store my media files on it while keeping the internal hard drive clear for apps and the OS.” While browsing the Internet for your external hard drive, you come across weird terms like NTFS, HFS+, FAT32, and exFAT.

While your instinct may be to find out if it’s some weird slang acronym defined only on scandalous websites, you may fare better by reading below. NTFS If you own a Windows computer, the hard drive in your system is probably running the format, which stands for New Technology File System. While the “New” is originally referring to the year 1993, it has since been improved and updated over the years. NTFS has limits for file size and partition that are theoretically so large, you probably don’t have to worry about them in this lifetime. It also has a lot of additional features, such as security permissions to files and folders, hard links, a change journal, and more. WD 4TB Elements Desktop USB 3.1 Gen 1 External Hard Drive While NTFS works natively with Windows, it doesn’t work quite as well with other operating systems.