Advice Needed for HD Formatting
Hello folksies, I require some opinions from all you knowledgable people out there (because I'm not... umm... as knowledgable).
I am in possession of an external, 4TB G-Drive which I want to use to back up files on my Windows workstation. However, I'd also like to be able to hook it up to my Mac so that TMB can give me that extra level of protection.
Now, neither Monterey nor Windows 10 can read discs formatted in the other OS, so I need to determine the best strategy here.
I. Format in Windows, and use a sneaker-net solution via my thumb drive.
My only concern here is that I am not certain that future thumb drives will be formatted in a way that both OSes can read. And, I've yet to find a software package that can help the MacOS read Windows-formatted hard drives. (The MacOS used to be able to do this.)
II. Format as a Mac drive, but purchase one of these solutions that enables Windows to "see" Mac-formatted discs. I have a demo of such a program installed already (though I'd need to pay for it at this point).
What would you all do?
Tanqueue.