Hey guys,

Continuing on the external hard drive format subject, which format would you recommend if you were in my case:

1. Work laptop : Windows based
2. Personal laptop : Mac Air

Current external hard drive : 1TB, NTFS format (no partition) with about 500 GB used up. Used as backup for important documents and photos.

I just realized today about this format issue. I read online on a website recommending to reformat to FAT but then I find out in this thread about the file size limitation linked to FAT.

What would you do in my situation ? 

Hey guys,

Continuing on the external hard drive format subject, which format would you recommend if you were in my case:

1. Work laptop : Windows based
2. Personal laptop : Mac Air

Current external hard drive : 1TB, NTFS format (no partition) with about 500 GB used up. Used as backup for important documents and photos.

I just realized today about this format issue. I read online on a website recommending to reformat to FAT but then I find out in this thread about the file size limitation linked to FAT.

What would you do in my situation ? 

Just stick with NTFS if you're concerned about the 4GB file size limit on FAT32. You should have no problems at all with NTFS on Mac, with the availability of Paragon NTFS and ntfs-3g drivers which should work well.

Or, you can opt in to format your ext. HDD to HFS and use programs like HFSExplorer to mount your HFS drive on Windows.

If you use Windows more, stick with NTFS and save yourself from all the hassles and troubles.

Okay thanks for your feedback. I'm not familiar with Paragon NTFS and ntfs-3g but will look them up.
Right now I use a FAT 32 thumb drive to transfer files from my mac air to the external hard drive, thought it's a hassle.

Kinda silly to have these issues between Mac and Windows, I didn't know about this before. 

Anybody here used jetdrive lite on their mba? Got transer limitation such as 4gb only? Or can ite write on the drive?

The limit is file system dependent.

what do you mean? 

what do you mean? 

Hey guys,

Continuing on the external hard drive format subject, which format would you recommend if you were in my case:

1. Work laptop : Windows based
2. Personal laptop : Mac Air

Current external hard drive : 1TB, NTFS format (no partition) with about 500 GB used up. Used as backup for important documents and photos.

I just realized today about this format issue. I read online on a website recommending to reformat to FAT but then I find out in this thread about the file size limitation linked to FAT.

What would you do in my situation ? 

it means, depending on what kind of filesystem u will format the Jet Drive.
NTFS, FAT32, Journal, exFAT

Can give exFAT a try?
Windows and Mac can read it and there is no 4GB size limit, kinda suit your usage I think. 

So within all those formats,wic is more suitable?
Prefer no size limitation
Can read/write
Can use in windows/mac
Pls suggest 

exFAT is designed for flash drives, performance won't be good on mechanical drives.
NTFS should be good enough. If you must, you can use ntfsmounter (http://ntfsmounter.com) to remount the drive with read and write support.

So,if without mounter,ntfs cant write on drive?

So within all those formats,wic is more suitable?
Prefer no size limitation
Can read/write
Can use in windows/mac
Pls suggest 

hmm, if exFAT not suitable for HDD, maybe u can use NTFS for wider compatibility and stability.
and if you don't want to touch any command stuffs at terminal, install a 3rd party NTFS writer tools.
I'm using Tuxera NTFS for instance.

Yea,i want to keep it simple. Plus just only using mac. Dont know abt command stuffs or terminal. So just install that and ready to go?