Formatting a flash drive for both mac and windows (and linux too maybe)

B.Griffin

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Hi all. Am trying to figure out how to format an external flash drive so it can be read both on a mac and windows, and maybe linux too. Because it will contain sensitive info I want it to be encrypted but FAT or ExFAT has no encrypted option in Disk Utility. Any other way to have both cross-platform compatibility and encryption?
 
Well Windows requires a different format for drives then Mac OS! So you have to decide what you are going to do!

1. Format the partition for Windows then either get a Driver installed in your Mac partition!

2. Use an emulator program and not worry about BookCamp!

3. Get a driver on the Widows side to read/write to Mac partitions!

The choice is up to you!
 
The Mac will read what ever is on a FAT formatted drive, but as you see, you can't encrypted the entire drive. You should be able to password protect the items on the drive.
 
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