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Reading FAT32 USB drive
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Jul 26, 2006, 02:16 AM
 
Can a Mac Intel read files off a USB flash drive that was formatted as FAT32 by Windows?
     
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Jul 26, 2006, 03:08 AM
 
Yes, just plug it in.

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Jul 26, 2006, 06:56 AM
 
Just for completeness sake, Mac OS X as of 10.4 and prior can read and write in FAT16 and FAT32 drives, but can only read on NTFS ones.
     
   
 
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