There’s yet another format that is fully supported by both Mac and Windows. It’s called ExFAT, but again when it comes to larger data NTFS beats both FAT32 and exFAT.
How to partition an external drive to use separately with Windows and Mac
1. Open Disk Utility on your Mac.
2. Once the Disk Utility window appears, select your external hard drive from the left pane.
3. Select the partition tab as shown above.
4. Now select the number of partitions according to your needs from the “Partition Layout” dropdown menu. (We have selected two for this tutorial.)
5. Now you can adjust the sizes of both partitions either by manually entering it in the “Size” box or by dragging the separator up and down.
6. Now’s the real deal. Name the first partition as “Mac Drive” or any other name just to identify it easily. For the first partition select the “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” format.
7. Now select the second partition, name it “WIN DRIVE” (or any other name you want) and change the format to “FAT32”.
8. Finally click “Apply”.
9. It will warn you that you’ll lose all your data. If you’re ready click the partition button.
10. You’re done with partitioning. Now next step is to eject it from your Mac and connect to Windows machine.
11. Once connected, right click the partition titled “WIN DRIVE” (or whatever you named it in step 7), and click “Format”.
12. A little window will appear, change the format to NTFS, and click the “Start” button.
You’re done.
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