Accidentally duplicated apps in Apple Mac OSX

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andcroyd

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I am using exFAT filing system on external hard disk and wanted to convert to journaled. This can handle individual files 4GB and above.

I copied a backup of apps I had downloaded not through iTunes to my documents folder on MacBook. Converting filing system causes reformatting to take place.

I then decided to keep the exFAT on external hard disk. As I had not converted filing systems there was no loss of files. I therefore came to delete the copy made to my documents on MacBook. When I deleted some files were locked and some shared. I restarted the MacBook and force deleted the contents of apps in my documents.

I checked the apps are present in the applications folder and tried runnning each in turn. I could not make the apps error when running them.

I therefore assume no harm has been done to my apps on MacBook.

By the way the reason I use exFAT is so I can copy photos etc to windows PC. If use NTFS it does not work with Apple OSX. exFAT is recognised by both Windows and Apple OS. Journaled would probably be problematic.
 
So what exactly is your problem then? And please explain again why you changed formats? I have NTFS on windows, and EXT4 on linux. Windows can't read EXT4, but linux can read both.

And correct me if I'm wrong, but if you have a external hard drive that just has stored files on it, can't you just leave it NTFS? For instance, i have a separate partition on my HDD that i use just for storing files, so that linux and windows can easily get to it, and it's NTFS. I know mac can read a NTFS formatted flashdrive etc. So I'm really confused with what your saying and what you need help with?
 
Cannot have external drive as NTFS because Apple OSX cannot use it fully on my MacBook. Plus cannot copy a backup of apps to my documents on MacBook as they try to install a duplicate which is evident when removing. Need to copy first as if filing system converted then reformats external drive.

Best to leave external disk as exFAT. This is recognised by Windows and Apple OSX.

Should be no damage by deleting apps from my documents. Still present in applications folder and appear to run ok.

By the way Apple OSX can read from NTFS but not write to it. This has changed!!!

Now the most useful FUSE is the NTFS-3G Read/Write Driver, which enables system to load NTFS with read and write capability using Mac OSX. So before this driver was released it was not possible to write to NTFS. If I want to use NTFS fully then have to install this driver on Mac OSX. Best to backup before trying it.

There are NTFS drivers for 64 bit Apple OSX 10.6 but some say there are bugs still in the latest releases. The one from Paragon may be the best and works on OSX 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7
 
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Crazy, haven't heard of an ntfs driver. I might have to look into that, would solve my thumb drive woes with the Mac.
 
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