Which is better and faster format for a 500GB My Passport Essential NTFS or FAT32? Also is NTFS a better format/make it last longer than FAT32?
When I first got it I used it on my PC then reailzied I had to format it to FAT32 from NTFS to use on my Mac to write stuff to it. I noticed it was faster write and read under NTFS than it is now with FAT32. I’m debating formating it back to NTFS and installing NTFS-3G on my Mac to see if I get the speed back.
Cool Thanks I may try and reformat it to NTFS. Also I ment Mac not PS3 I believe there that NTFS-3G to beable to read and write to NTFS drives on a Mac.
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Indeed, NTFS-3G is one of the many tools that allow a Mac to write to NTFS drives. There are also softwares that allow Windows to read and write to HFS+ drives.