If you dont use any older version of the operating system, you can use this type of filesystem.

In contrast, only 27.4 of users use MacOS, obviously for their apple computer.

Thats the reason why most of the flash drives in the market are available in Fat32 or NTFS formats which are the most preferred format for windows.

Although the first one, Fat32 is completely compatible with both MacOS as well as Windows, it has some limitations.

The latter one, NTFS is mostly used on the Windows operating system and not an optimal option for MacOS.

If you want to use your flash drive solely for MacOS, it is highly recommended to format your flash drive.

HFS filesystem is modified into HFS plus (Modernly called as MacOS Extended).

Before you format a flash drive it is suggested to know what file system your flash drive is in.

But if it is NTFS, format your flash drive to make it completely compatible with MacOS.

Alternatively, Open the Finder window and select applications on the left sidebar.

This will erase your whole drive and make it a single partition.

This name will be visible on other devices as well if you plug your flash drive into them.

Just below the Name section, you can see a section called Format.

But which format to choose is the big question now No need to worry.

Read the description of each format given below and choose the format of your choice.

This format will allow you to use your flash drive on Mac without any limitations.

If you have any issues with a built-in drive you can boot from the external disk.

But you cannot write this flash drive from windows PC once you have formatted it as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

For OS X Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled), the word File is different than file.

FAT32 supports to almost all of the operating systems in the world.

This allows you to transfer files from one operating system to other.

The best thing about this filesystem is its support to video game systems which include Xbox 360 and PlayStation.

The limitation about FAT32 filesystem is it doesnt allow files which are bigger than 4 GB in size and also you cannot create a startup drive unlike Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

As this filesystem is relatively new, it does not on relatively older versions of Mac OS X.

How To Format A Drive For Os X