Jonathan Hughes Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 I did some recording at a studio that was running an older version of OS X (I should've written down which, but it was one of the California-related ones, probably 10.9, .10, or .11). I'm running 10.14 at home and brought a hard drive with me that I formatted on my Mac, and it wouldn't mount at the studio (I think I formatted it in APFS) . I'm going back on thursday and I'll be bringing a different drive. Would Mac OS Extended be the most universal formatting format for it? thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogika Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Yes. If you're in the Mac universe, Mac OS Extended is the most compatible option. APFS offers some advantages, but they don't really apply to external drives at this point, and if it's a spinny disk rather than an SSD, then Mac OS Extended is currently still the more efficient option regardless of OS version, AFAIK. "The Angels of Libra are in the European vanguard of the [retro soul] movement" (Bill Buckley, Soul and Jazz and Funk) The Drawbars | off jazz organ trio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dr Mike Metlay Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 APFS will gradually become more of a standard over the years; it was optimized to work with the new SSDs built into modern Macs, which have motherboard-based encryption built in. Extended (Journaled) is my personal favorite; journaling can be useful for some background processes, and it doesn't slow down the drive's performance in a way any human would notice. mike Dr. Mike Metlay (PhD in nuclear physics, golly gosh) Musician, Author, Editor, Educator, Impresario, Online Radio Guy, Cut-Rate Polymath, and Kindly Pedant Editor-in-Chief, Bjooks ~ Author of SYNTH GEMS 1 clicky!: more about me ~ my radio station (and my fam) ~ my local tribe ~ my day job ~ my book ~ my music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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