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[SOLVED] FAT External HD (Deleting Files)
I recently changed over to Mac and bought an external HD which I formatted to FAT so it could be read on Windows and OSX.
However, I noticed that when I delete a file off of it, it doesn't recover that empty space, but stays the same. Is there a way to really delete files from the FAT formatted drive for good? Thank you in advance.
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Re: FAT External HD (Deleting Files)
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder it keeps track when in the recycle bin apparently so you have to go in to clean the free space.
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Re: [SOLVED] FAT External HD (Deleting Files)
i have a macbook with nVidia but one of my friend has compaq with Mac os in it and even i found the file system is Fat... how is it possible... is there any hack available..
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