What's the Difference Between FAT32, exFAT, and NTFS?

Did You Know? The shot put used in the men’s division of shot putting (open competitions) weighs 16.01 pounds (practically the same upper limit weight as a regulation bowling ball); the world record was set by Randy Barnes in 1990 when he threw a shot put a distance of 23.12 meters (almost twice the length of a GM Classic transit bus). Geek Trivia The First Wearable Computer Was Used For? Cheating At Roulette → Monitoring Blood Oxygen → Tracking Inmates → Resetting Pacemakers → Advertisement Download Web Hosting for Dummies (Valued at $16.99) FREE for a limited time If you'd like to make the leap from a hosted environment to a self-hosted service, this book is for you. You may be making the move from casual blogging to professional blogging. Or, you might already be self-hosting, but want a good guide to show you how to get more out of your plan. Click here to download Want to Change Your Email Preferences? 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What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. One-fifth of Americans report going online 'almost constantly' While a lot of pundits online are talking about how awful this statistic is... our response is "Why wouldn't they?" The Internet has replaced dozens of things that used to exist offline. [Pew Research] Study confirms that ending your texts with a period is terrible Texts ending in periods are perceived as cold or hostile, but those ending in exclamation points are seen as extra sincere. [The Washington Post] Is Apple's Smart Battery Case so goofy because it was designed around Mophie's patents? We, and everyone else, was surprised at how ugly and un-Apple the new official iPhone battery pack turned out to be. Is the reason because Apple was tip-toeing around patent infringement? [The Verge] Three-Dimensional Video Games Could Make Your Memory Better We had a strong feeling video games did strengthen your memory but it's always nice to see the research done. [Popular Science] How to Change the Default City for the Weather Complication on Apple Watch Complications on the Apple Watch allow you to display various types of information and quickly access apps on the watch. The Weather app on your iPhone provides a complication for watch faces that can be customized, such as the Modular, Utility, and Simple watch faces. Read This Article → What’s the Difference Between FAT32, exFAT, and NTFS? Whether you’re formatting an internal drive, external drive, USB flash drive, or SD card, Windows will give you the choice of NTFS, FAT32, and exFAT. The Format dialog in Windows doesn’t explain the difference, so we will. Read This Article → Can You Change the Output Buffer Size in the Windows Command Prompt? If you are someone who loves using the Windows Command Prompt, you may have found yourself curious as to why the screen output buffer has such a ‘large’ default size. Can you change it to a smaller (or even larger) size? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answers. Read This Article → How to Stream Local Movies and TV Shows to Your Apple TV The new Apple TV is pretty cool on its own and we believe that it’s a good purchase if you’re looking to buy or upgrade to a new streaming device, but you still can’t play anything you want on it right out of the box. Read This Article → How to Take Screenshots on Your Apple Watch You're finding your Apple Watch really useful and you want to share things like your fitness and activity achievements, your customized watch face, messages you receive, and almost anything else on your watch screen. Fortunately, it's really easy to take a screenshot of your watch. Read This Article → HTG Explains: Why Do We Still Use Analog Audio Ports? When leaks about what the chassis of the iPhone 7 might look like hit headlines earlier this week, technology columnists and industry analysts jumped on the chance to report that Apple’s next device may finally ditch its 3.5mm audio port altogether. Instead of clinging to the nearly-ancient technology, the next iPhone could begin paving the road to a world where we’re finally past the point of relying on cords to listen to our audiobooks, podcasts, or playlists altogether. Read This Article → How to Roll Back Builds and Uninstall Updates on Windows 10 Windows 10 automatically installs updates in the background. The only way to prevent them from being installed is to set your connection as metered so they don’t download automatically. But updates — especially major new builds of Windows 10 like the November update — could potentially cause problems. 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