I'd appreciate anyone's help - or anyone's experimental results - in regards to this.
I am currently using a PC (Win 7-10) - and I'm planning to get a Mac.
1) I plan to use the PC's Command Prompt for the formatting - thus, what is the smallest allocation unit size which I can use when setting up external hard drive (HD) with an exFat format ?
2) Is a full format necesary to change the allocation unit size? Or, is a quick format okay?
In my online 'research,' a couple of writers claim that 128Kb is the lowest which will allow a MacOS to read/write the HD. However, a couple of other writers claim 64Kb or even less should work. There are not a lot of articles on this.
My backup HD is 4TB - but I want to maximize the space on the HD - so, though Win may default at 256Kb for the allocation unit size for exFAT, this creates a lot of wasted space (because tho I have big files, I also have a lot of small files).
Again, any help and advice is appreciated !
I am currently using a PC (Win 7-10) - and I'm planning to get a Mac.
1) I plan to use the PC's Command Prompt for the formatting - thus, what is the smallest allocation unit size which I can use when setting up external hard drive (HD) with an exFat format ?
2) Is a full format necesary to change the allocation unit size? Or, is a quick format okay?
In my online 'research,' a couple of writers claim that 128Kb is the lowest which will allow a MacOS to read/write the HD. However, a couple of other writers claim 64Kb or even less should work. There are not a lot of articles on this.
My backup HD is 4TB - but I want to maximize the space on the HD - so, though Win may default at 256Kb for the allocation unit size for exFAT, this creates a lot of wasted space (because tho I have big files, I also have a lot of small files).
Again, any help and advice is appreciated !