Timeline for Which file system for an SD card permanently mounted on my Mac?
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| Mar 21, 2018 at 19:40 | vote | accept | gerlos | ||
| Mar 21, 2018 at 19:40 | answer | added | gerlos | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 23, 2017 at 23:06 | comment | added | gerlos |
Since I first wrote my question, I reformatted my SD card in GUID + HFS+, and didn't experience any file system issue even after several "accidents" (mostly card bumped and power loss). I got it disconnected a few times, got warnings that reminded me to clean unmont the card before disconnecting, but didn't experience any real issue. So in for this application, HFS+ seems to be more "robust" than exFAT. Still can't tell if HFS+ can affect SD card life in a different way than exFAT.
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| Feb 1, 2017 at 15:24 | comment | added | Tetsujin | I'd take a guess that GUID/HFS+ would be more 'fixable on the fly' but I have no hard evidence, so can't provide an actual answer. | |
| Feb 1, 2017 at 15:23 | comment | added | gerlos | @Tetsujin That's for sure. I still keep a backup of that data on my Time Capsule and on an external USB disk. My question is about which file system is more reliable for this use. You know, it's annoying when you are at work, need to read that file you left on the SD, but the SD isn't mounted because the file system got corrupted, and the other copy you have is at home! | |
| Feb 1, 2017 at 15:16 | comment | added | Tetsujin | No SD card could be called 'reliable'. Don't keep your only copy of anything on one. | |
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| Feb 1, 2017 at 15:10 | history | asked | gerlos | CC BY-SA 3.0 |