
14/09/2025
Native Filesystem Support (Easy Guide)
When you format a hard drive, SSD, or USB, you choose a filesystem. That decides which operating systems can read/write on it. Different OS supports different filesystems 👇
✅ FAT32 – Works on almost everything (Windows, macOS, Linux). But has a 4GB file size limit.
✅ exFAT – Modern version of FAT32. No 4GB limit. Best for cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux).
✅ NTFS – Default for Windows. macOS can only read (without extra tools), Linux can read/write.
✅ HFS+ – Old macOS format. Works fully on Mac, Linux can only read. Windows doesn’t support.
✅ APFS – New Apple format (used in SSDs & macOS). Only works on macOS.
✅ EXT4 – Linux’s native filesystem. Windows & Mac can’t use it directly without 3rd party apps.
👉 So, if you want a USB/HDD that works everywhere, choose exFAT.