Editing File system (section)

====exFAT====
{{Main|exFAT}}

[[exFAT]] has certain advantages over NTFS with regard to [[file system overhead]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

exFAT is not backward compatible with FAT file systems such as FAT12, FAT16 or FAT32. The file system is supported with newer Windows systems, such as Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11.

exFAT is supported in macOS starting with version 10.6.5 (Snow Leopard).<ref name="encase-book" /> Support in other operating systems is sparse since implementing support for exFAT requires a license. exFAT is the only file system that is fully supported on both macOS and Windows that can hold files larger than 4&nbsp;GB.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/dsku19ed921c/mac|title=File system formats available in Disk Utility on Mac|website=Apple Support}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/exfat-specification|title=exFAT file system specification|website=Microsoft Docs}}</ref>