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I just upgraded my macbrook pro to snow Leapord and I was going to get Word and install it. I was reading the specs and it says I need HFS+ hard disk formating.
does that mean I have to go into utilities and reformat my entire drive and reinstall every thing? What the the deal with HFS+ any way?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.3)
HFS+ is how Mac hard drives are formatted at the factory. Did you later format it yourself, differently? If you haven't manually formatted your disk, it's already HFS+ and you have nothing to worry about.
GUID disk partition, and Extended journaled for a partition ... this is my system ...
Mine looks just like that.
Thanks
I have reformatted this drive once but just went with the Mac Os extended. I was unawere of the HSF plus and the Word specs were freakin me out.
I could reformat if I had too but who really wants to.
Thanks for the help.
It is recommened you use Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Both that and non-journaled are HFS+. But it is usually recommended to have Journaled for better disk fault recovery. But the disks will work even if not journaled.
Stop reading microsoft specs and just try to install Office.
David Bixler wrote:
I have reformatted this drive once but just went with the Mac Os extended. I was unawere of the HSF plus
Mac OS Extended = HFS+
Mac OS Extended (Journaled) = JHFS+, or, in common parlance, just HFS+
(HFS = Hierarchical File System)
HFS+ has been the default file system on the Mac since about System 8; that is, to be very precise, for donkey's years. It is possible to install Mac OS X on different file systems, which why MS specifies HFS+, but that's only for techies. For the purposes of installing and using Word, it doesn't matter if it is journaled or not, but the former has been the default since Panther or Tiger, I can't remember which.
Just to add one thing. Unless you have a specific need to do so, do not format a drive as case sensitive. Many titles won't run, or even allow you to install it on such a drive.
David Bixler wrote:
I have reformatted this drive once but just went with the Mac Os extended.
Since we know that Mac OS Extended starts from HFS+ as the base, your job is done and the disk was already ready for Word (and most Mac software)
I had to read the specs. My little MacBook pro is about 6 years old. I just loaded up snow Lepoard and holy cow!! It runs much better.
I just wanted to make sure my old comoputer would run the newer Word and not be a dog.
Network 23 wrote:
Since we know that Mac OS Extended starts from HFS+ as the base
"Mac OS Extended" is just another name for HFS+.
Kurt Lang:
do not format a drive as case sensitive.
This is HFSX, or "Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Case-Sensitive)"; it can be regarded either as an extension of HFS+, or a different HFS+-based file system (HFS and HFS+ are case-insensitive). It is sometimes required, but, basically, if you have to ask what HFSX means, you don't need it. Unless you know what you are doing and why, just go with the default offered by Disk Utility.
This is HFSX, or "Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Case-Sensitive)"; it can be regarded either as an extension of HFS+, or a different HFS+-based file system (HFS and HFS+ are case-insensitive).
Umm, yes, I knew that. Though others probably appreciate the info.
HFS+ hard disk format
