Mac OS X has had support for reading NTFS formatted disk for a few versions, but still doesn't have write support. The default GUID partitioning scheme won't be recognised by 32-bit Windows XP and earlier Windows operating systems and Mac OS X versions earlier than 10.4. The problem with MBR is the limitation to partition table sizes which is 2 Terabytes.Īpple seems to default to using a 'GUID partition table' which is standard on. The MBR was created by IBM back in the early 90s. Here is the fix to resolve the issue:įirst, what is a GPT USB stick? The GUID Partition Table (GPT) is the successor to the Master Boot Record. Sometimes you will connect a USB to the PC and get an error message saying the drive has a GPT Protective Partition and you cannot format the drive.
