![]() We live in a vibrant multi-platform world these days, and Microsoft’s products should reflect that reality. If you ask us, it’s past time for Windows to treat other file systems with the respect that they deserve. Windows and macOS both fully support reading and writing exFAT drives, since it’s an industry-standard file system for removable flash media. Make a Drive That Can Be Read on Macs and PCs: If you still have the Mac that wrote the disk available (and room to back up the data on the disk), you could reformat your Mac disk with exFAT file system-which will erase the drive, so back it up first-and then copy the files back onto the drive.For HFS+ drives, you can install HFSExplorer, a free utility that reads older Mac-formatted drives. APFS for Windows by Paragon is a commercial product ($50) that lets you read and write APFS drives. Linux Reader by DiskInternals is a freeware tool that reads APFS drives but won’t write them. Install a Third-Party Tool: Some third-party vendors make utilities that allow you to read Mac-formatted drives on Windows. ![]() Transfer the Data Through a Network: You can avoid a Mac-formatted disk entirely and share files over a LAN, send them through a cloud-based backup service like Dropbox, or even email a few files to yourself as attachments.If you have data on a Mac disk that you need to transfer to a Windows 10 PC, there are some ways to get around the issue. NTFS: What's the Difference? Is There Any Way Around It? ![]() ![]() In contrast, macOS can read NTFS-formatted drives (but cannot write to them without add-on software), and it can also read and write the FAT32 legacy Windows file system and Microsoft’s exFAT in a nod to compatibility of removable drives between vendors.
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