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Re: NTFS disks on a Mac

From Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject Re: NTFS disks on a Mac
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Date 2026-06-16 16:58 +0000

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On 16 Jun 2026 at 08:02:18 BST, "Old John" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> But I have never had need to write to the disk from my iMac. Why do you? Daft
> question, perhaps, but the answer may open up a whole new world of adventure
> for me.

My son (now back in Canada) brought us some TV programmes to watch (among them
Severance, and Poker Face if you're interested).

He had them on an NTFS disk - he could therefore copy them (140GB) to my iMac,
as a place to hold them -- because Sequoia can read NTFS, although not write
to it.

I then needed to write those files to a disk that I can plug into our Sony TV
(vintage 2018). The TV can read NTFS disks, or FAT disks, but NOT exFAT disks.
(chart at https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/articles/00175762 ).

Although I can write FAT on the MAC,  FAT cannot handle files larger than 4GB
-- and quite a few of the episodes are larger than 4GB.

This saga itself is a bit like an episode of Severance...

Another John

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NTFS disks on a Mac Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-15 13:11 +0000
  Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-06-15 15:25 +0000
    Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-06-15 15:59 +0000
      Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-06-15 17:14 +0000
  Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Nick Charles <none@none.none> - 2026-06-15 15:43 +0000
    Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-16 16:57 +0000
  Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-06-15 18:10 +0100
    Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-06-15 17:49 +0000
  Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-06-16 07:02 +0000
    Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-16 16:58 +0000
      Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-06-17 09:05 +0000
        Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-17 17:17 +0000
          Re: NTFS disks on a Mac RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2026-06-17 19:47 +0000
          Re: NTFS disks on a Mac John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2026-06-18 11:11 +0100
      Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-06-22 07:33 +0000
      Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-23 19:01 +0000
  Re: NTFS disks on a Mac WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2026-06-16 08:11 -0400

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