For years, Microsoft used its patents as a way to profit from open-source products. The poster-child for Microsoft's intellectual property aggression were the File Allocation Table (FAT) patents. But ...

The safest way to secure your data on Windows is by keeping it in encrypted vaults. You can create hidden, password-protected ...

There are many file formats that Windows 11/10 can read, and exFat is one of them. So, if you wonder if Windows 11/10 can read exFAT, the answer is Yes! But why does it matter? The point is that ...

Currently storing my LR library on a portable drive mounted on my iMac, where I do most of my LR use. Recently bought a HP laptop to take on trips and thinking about setting up LR there as well.

I've made the long overdue decision to keep backups on an external USB drive, but should I go with NTFS or exFAT for the drive? We have an all Windows household here, and although I fiddle with Linux ...

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Using an external drive between Mac and Windows computers can be a hassle, since you constantly have to reformat it to fit which computer you're using it on. Instead of reformatting it all the time, ...

After our Windows encryption showdown, reader Jerod passed along this tip to make sure your encrypted volumes, especially external hard drives, in Windows play nicely with other platforms like OS ...

NTFS and FAT are a file system that represents a technique of organizing and storing the data on the drive. These file systems also specify what type of attributes can be attached to a file such as ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. Android has supported external drives connected via USB for years, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The PlayStation 5 was launched in the midst of the pandemic, at a time most gamers were glued to their screens all day. The console has since ...