Will Mac Os Extended Journaled Work on Windows?
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Unlike NTFS, which is partially compatible with Mac computers, HFS+ is not compatible with Windows computers at all.

Is Mac OS Extended the same as NTFS?

HFS+ As mentioned before, Macs can only read NTFS-formatted hard drives by default. … Also known as Mac OS Extended or HFS Extended, HFS+ is an improvement on the HFS file system, by supporting larger files and using Unicode for naming files.

Can PC read MS DOS FAT32?

Windows can’t read or write HFS+ data natively. However, OS X and Windows both can read and write to a format called FAT32, which used to be used for Windows all the way back into the MS-DOS days. Most modern Windows systems use the NTFS file format, which OS X can read, but not write to.

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