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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Thumb-drive format
Date: 22 Jul 2014 21:49:02 GMT
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On 2014-07-22, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> I've been rooting around in desk drawers for my biggest thumb-drive 
> (16g), as I need it for some outboard gear.
>
> I note that it's format is MS-DOS(FAT32), and wonder if I should change 
> it to a mac-native or other format to ensure no universal access.  Is 
> MSF32 the best option?
>
> Chances are it will likely be used by me alone, but one can never tell 
> about these things. 

Just a note:

Simply formatting it with HFS+ will not ensure that others cannot read
the data on it. If you are concerned with the security of the data on
the thumb drive, then you should store an encrypted disk image on the
drive, and store your data within that encrypted disk image. In this
case, the format of the drive really doesn't matter much, since Mac OS X
can access disk images on HFS+ and FAT with ease.

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