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JackH79

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From: Australia

Registered: 2009-06-18

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Best partition to share with Mac

Just inherited an old MacBook from a friend of mine who's moved on to a newer model. Naturally I'm going to throw Arch on it, but I decided to keep Apple's OS on the side for a while to check it out.
I'd quite like to use a partition that can be shared between OS X and Arch to keep all my music, vids, etc. I'm guessing that the only sensible way to do it would be to use NTFS, but maybe there is a better way. Also, considering Apple's fussiness, I'm wondering if I'd get into any kind of permissions trouble if I use a shared partition. Does anyone have experience in that regard? Would be grateful for some tips.

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sn1987a

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Registered: 2011-06-10

Posts: 5

Re: Best partition to share with Mac

if you don't have file larger than 4Gb, fat32 can also be used:

http://guides.macrumors.com/Drives_and_ … tems#FAT32