I have not used it personally so I dont have first hand information about that.

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I am interested in moving all of my files on the NTFS external HD to the new HFS external HD using my Macbook Pro.

How can I do this so the files will be both read and write when I move them over to the HFS external HD.

Is there a way to do it without needing to buy software (open source perhaps) I am mainly concerned with my files ending up being read only.

If thats Ok then you can move the files over in large groups.

There may be some file permissions goofups, but thats easy to fix by putting all the files into a folder, change the folders permissions if needed to what they should be, then click the gearwheel to make the same change to all the enclosed files.

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Is right click the file once its on the mac partition and select get info then at the bottom of the window is a option called permissions click permissions if there grayed out click the lock icon in the lower right corner of the window insert your password and set read and write to your file.

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I was looking to be able to use movie files on a Mac and Windows system so I bought a 1TB Seagate expansion external drive which was already formatted for windows (NTFS) and reformatted it to exFAT.

FAT32 will only allow transfers of files up to 4GB maximum but exFAT will allow much more.

The files will work on both but Im not sure what the end product quality would be like.

If I have done this incorrectly do please comment and let me know.

File errors with large amounts of data are common and very hard to correct.

You would be better off using either NTFS or HFS both of which are journaled file systems.

The Paragon driver from Paragon NTFS allows RW to NTFS and clears up permission problems.

Only 19.95 from Paragon Software.

I also do a live DVD burn of all recordings as a backup to the live capture.

I know that there is a lack of journaling with exFAT and that it can potentially lead to an issue but I have had no loss of files at all.

Having said that when I get to work tomorrow I will probably find I have an issue.

It is a personal decision but I have lost data on NTFS drives over the year on Windows computers.

Not enough experience with HFS to give an opinion on reliability.

The file system really wont affect that as much as the quality of the video coming in - SD versus HD etc.

Lisa.

Although I was advised to use the NTFS HD to HFS I find this only allows me to readwrite the files on the mac only and what I wanted was to readwrite the files on both the mac and the pc (windows) so Ill stick with the exFAT for the moment.

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