What operating system read and write different file systems natively?
Windows XP
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Windows 7/8/10/Vista
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Mac OS Leopard
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Mac OS X (10.6.5 and later)
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Ubuntu Linux
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NTFS(Windows)
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Yes
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Yes
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Read Only
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Read Only
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Yes
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FAT32 (DOS, Windows)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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exFAT (Windows)
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes,with ExFat packages
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HFS+ (Mac OS)
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No
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Sorta (read-only with Bootcamp)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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EXT2, 3, 4 (Linux)
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No
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Yes (with third-party software)
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No
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No
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Yes
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File and volume size
limit
Individual File Size Limit
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Single Volume Size Limit
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NTFS
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Greater than commercially available drives
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Huge (16EB)
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FAT32
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Less than 4GB
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Less than 8TB
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exFAT
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Greater than commercially available drives
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Huge (64 ZB)
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HFS+
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Greater than commercially
available drives |
Huge (8 EB)
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EXT2, 3
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16GB
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Large (32 TB)
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EXT4
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1 EB
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16 TB
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