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exFAT for mechanical spinning external HD as cross-platform backup?
We have a mix of Linux (Debian) and MacOS laptops. I have a 4 TB external USB mechanical rotary drive I'd like to use for backups. I'd not want to partition the drive with different file systems for ...
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File dates copied with "cp -p" are set to "now"
I'm using my Mac to try to copy the content of a smartphone's SD card to a larger card. Because I don't want all the pictures to get new creation dates I used the --preserve option like this:
cp -pr /...
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Errors with tar/split backups
I am trying to create backups on an external exFAT disk, but I keep getting errors. I have to use FAT (exFAT or FAT32), so my options are very limited. I will need this to backup both macOS and ...
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Format a USB disk on PURE FAT32, one partition only, on a Mac
There are other questions on SO about this, but not asking what I want.
I do not want to know how to format an external FAT32 disk from terminal, because this can be done by typing this:
sudo ...
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exFAT HDD, previously used with Ubuntu, missing files/directories after using with macOS
Hardware details:
External HDD: Seagate BarraCuda Pro ST14000DM001
Docking Station: Unitek USB 3.0 to SATA I/II/III Dual Bay. I've used this before and after this incident with other drives, always ...
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Why does an APK file size of 7.6 MB allocate 1.36 GB on an exFAT formatted external hard drive when reverse-engineered?
I have an apk file size of 7.6 MB. When I reverse-engineer this apk file through apktool, which is a reverse engineering tool for apk files, it allocates 1.36 GB on an exFAT formatted external hard ...
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Mac OS X - exFAT file modification time issue
I've encountered a weird issue with rsync (without -c, therefore involving rsync's "quick check" algorithm) copying already synchronized files over and over again to an exFAT formatted drive.
The ...
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way to safely remove $RECYCLE.BIN and System Volume Information on ExFat formatted external HD using MacOS?
RESOURCES I'VE LOOKED AT ALREADY
what is $RECYCLE.BIN?
what is System Volume Information?
how to remove System Volume Information?
MY PROBLEM
existing solution seems to only solve for removal of ...
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OS X external disk eXfat disappear
I have a problem with the external drive formatted in exFAT.
When using the os x sierra drive is self unmounted and disappeared partition eXfat.
After reconnecting I had the message "disk can not be ...
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mv: cannot stat ‘<filename>’: Input/output error
I have an exFAT drive formatted on macOS with many files copied over to the drive. I can read files on the drive fine using macOS, but I cannot read operate on the directories from Debian. I can ...
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harddisk of 1 tb with exfat not detected in macbook pro el capitan
My 1 Tb HDD is formatted in EXFAT so it could be detected both in Windows and MacOS. However, the hdd has power blinking but it is not detected in MacOS. It is working well in Windows though. On Mac, ...
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MacBook Pro, OS X 10.7.5 with Windows 7 x64 2 partition
I want to backup both Mac & Windows partitions onto a completely OS interchangeable Seagate Backup Plus 2 Tb drive. (I don't know what program was used to do that.) I've read that formatting to ...
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Persistent Privilige Violations in Console causing extreme OS delays
I have a 27" iMac at home with Boot Camp running Windows 10 on a "standard" NTFS-formatted partition, in addition to an external hard drive running a GUID partition scheme with an exFAT partition and ...
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Can an OS X home dir be on an exFAT partition?
I am looking to move my Mavericks (OS X 10.9) home dir to a exFAT partition. (Why is not important right now - I am just looking for technical info.) Are there known limitations to doing this? If ...
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Technical reason behind Mac OSX-formatted exFAT disk cannot be written in Windows 7?
Read from this discussion thread and my current experience (annoyed by a USB drive), a USB drive formatted to exFAT in Mac OS X is unable to write in Windows 7. However, a disk formatted with exFAT in ...
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