Instead of reformatting it all the time, just use the much more platform-independent exFAT and never format it again. Windows' default NTFS is read-only on OS X, not read-and-write, and Windows ...

There are many file formats that Windows 11/10 can read, and exFat is one of them. So, if you wonder if Windows 11/10 can read exFAT, the answer is Yes! But why does it matter? The point is that ...

With Apple's licensing of Microsoft's exFAT file system, it seems like we finally have a good option for OS X and Windows disk swapping. Dave Girard spent some time investigating the appeal ...

First, Microsoft open-sourced 60,000 patents of its patent portfolio and now Microsoft is explicitly making its last remaining FAT intellectual property, the exFAT patents, available to Linux and ...

Though Windows file systems work the same regardless of drive type I wanted to expand on his piece a bit by including the system called exFAT, so in this piece I’ll discuss the three file ...

Learn More Microsoft today announced it is supporting the addition of its exFAT file system to the Linux kernel. To facilitate the development of “conformant, interoperable implementations ...

Microsoft has been licensing its exFAT flash file format for licensing for a while now. In case you forgot, on December 10, the company reminded folks that exFAT is available for licensing.

But the story of how the exFAT file format came to be supported on the Pixel 6 is one that has come together, piece by piece, over a long period. We have Mishaal Rahman, technical editor at Esper ...

I just picked up some external hard drives but can't decide what to format them as. Mac OS Journaled or exFat? Is there any speed difference between the two? I assume exFAT isn't much better than ...

Windows will only format a drive as exfat if windows recognizes it as a removable drive. Currently, you can’t boot to an exfat formatted drive. If windows recognizes your drive as removable ...

When you are reformatting a drive, memory card, or flash drive you need to pick a file format. If you see FAT32, exFAT, and NTFS, but don't know which one to pick, here's what you need to know.

In a move that will likely please the open source community, Microsoft has announced that it is making its exFAT patents available to Linux and open source via the Open Invention Network (OIN).