OJosh732o wrote: Internal drive for windows: NTFS External used for windows only:NTFS External drive used for windows and MAC: exFAT External drive used for Mac only: exFAT Internal drive for Mac: exFAT I believe macs can read data from drives formatted in NTFS but can’t write to them You just need to install ntfs-3g for ntfs support on Linux and mac fuse-exfat for ex-fat support exfat was built for fast removing drives the point was a universal file-system for portable devices flash sticks and SD cards etc.
Solved Can i power a 2.5' SSD using a usb 3.0 to SATA III adapter?(portable ssd) solved is it possible to download a wireless usb adapter drivers disk using an external disk drive on windows 10. Now, with all the basic necessities taken care of, the first thing we'll need to do after inserting the SSD drive in an available USB 3.0 socket, is to open Disk Utility and partition the SSD Drive.
You can cut down load times on a MacBook by adding a solid-state disk drive to the system; however, the drive won't do you any good unless it is formatted correctly for Mac OS. The only difference between a Mac hard drive and a PC hard drive is what file system it's formatted in; Mac hard drives usually come formatted in FAT32, which will work on both Macs and PCs, but isn't optimal for the MacBook's operating system. PC formatted hard drives use the NTFS file system and need to be reformatted to work with Mac computers. Tips.
External SSDs can be connected using USB or Thunderbolt connection while internal SSDs can be connected to the Macbook using external enclosures or as a secondary drive inside a optical-drive-to-hard-drive mount in models with an optical drive. MacBooks that do not have an optical drive bay either need to swap out the old hard drive for the SSD or use an external enclosure.
The MacBook will have to sacrifice using the optical drive to use the second hard drive. If you are swapping out the hard drive for the SSD, Mac OS X will format the drive as a part of the operating system reinstallation process. Installing an internal SSD involves taking apart the MacBook. Only Mac OS X running systems can read the HFS+/Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format and only Windows running systems can read the NTFS format without installing non-native drivers. However, both Macs and PCs can read the FAT32 and ExFAT file systems.