Sometimes, we are confused with external hard drive file system selection, so decided to write this post for myself, let’s see options available are as below:
External hard drive file system Compatibility :
| File System / OS | Windows | Ubuntu | Mac |
| NTFS | Y | Y | Y -( Read-only )
to write need third party plugins like ntfs-3g |
| FAT32
(4gb file size limit) |
Y | Y | Y |
| exFAT | Y | Y | Y |
| HFS | N | Y | Y |
Now you can choose the right file system from above comparison and as per your requirement. FAT32 always works for me.