This is the etymology given in the Collins English Dictionary.ref Collins The word which is widely believed to be the root and one of the ones quoted by the Oxford English Dictionary is .
exFAT is an improved version of FAT32. It isnât as efficient as NTFS (Windows) but is cross compatible between Windows OS and Mac OS (since 10.6.5), unlike NTFS and HFS+. I recommend using it when compatibility between Mac and Windows is important, at the (small) cost of efficiency (such as file size bloating, transfer speeds, general performance). exFAT is the preferred format for flash memory, used for media such as SD cards and SSD. Written Jun 22.
Launch Disk Utility (Applications > Utilities). Select your external hard drive or USB flash drive from the list on the left. Click on the Erase tab. Select the format â Mac OS Extended (HFS+), MS-DOS (FAT32), or exFAT â then name the drive. Click the Erase button and the drive will start formatting.