In reality, it isn't always straightforward if we're working across both Apple and Windows platforms, perhaps due to having a Mac at home and a PC at the workplace or various clients working across different ecosystems, with whom we need to transfer and share large media files using portable storage. OK, so there's an easy solution here though? Just store those files on a portable drive or USB stick - but is it that simple? Apple leaves this disabled for a reason.Let's face it, data storage is more and more of an issue these days for those us on the move during the working day using ultraportable laptops and Macs, perhaps dividing our time between our workplace, client locations and/or our home offices.Ī common issue many of us experience is the reduced disk space due to the cost of SSD storage increasingly favoured in portable computers tending to be higher than traditional spinning hard drives, leading to the scenario that the smaller capacity drives they contain just don't have enough disk space to store many files on top of the operating system.ĭespite this, the benefits of SSD storage are clear as what's not to love about being able to boot up our devices in seconds and generally experience the quicker operation of applications along with the added robustness of SSD storage in most use cases. Note that Mac OS X can read NTFS, but cannot (by default) write to it you can change this (see Ryan's answer for instructions), but I've heard of cases where it's corrupted the NTFS volume. a driver to get access to the Mac partition). Finally, put in your OS X install disk, and Windows will see it as a driver install disk (incl. Then, you boot from the Windows installer disk, have it reformat the FAT partition to NTFS (note: be very careful how you do this, so it doesn't damage the partition map and/or Mac volume - BCA has instructions, read them) and install Windows.
It'll split the drive, and create a FAT32 partition for Windows (which will be converted to NTFS later), and also play some tricks with the disk's partition map to turn it into a hybrid GPT+MBR format (note: this is the reason you should use BCA rather than partitioning it yourself).
The standard process is to start with a single Mac partition (HFS+ format), then run Boot Camp Assistant.
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