The way you format your USB drive determines the speed of your Rekordbox export and if your drive is recognized by DJ controllers and CDJs like the CDJ 2000.
So, choosing the right settings is crucial for convenience and compatibility.
Change outlook color scheme. In this article I’ll dive into the right settings and how to format your USB drive for Mac and Windows the right way.

@DarkOrb like others have mentioned, try using guiformat to format it as fat32 on PC, and then try it in your switch. Last edited by 8BitWonder, Feb 20, 2018 TheCyberQuake likes this. Fat32는 usb 드라이브에 가장 잘 호환되는 파일 시스템이다. Usb가 fat32 파일 시스템으로 포맷이 되어 있으면, usb 드라이브를 지원하는 모든 컴퓨터나 기기에서 가상으로 정보를 읽고 쓰기가 가능하다. Connect your microSD card to your MAC using a Fastoe SD Card Reader. To open a new Terminal, you can also press Ctrl+Alt+T. GParted should be installed by default, but we’ll make sure it’s installed by entering the following command in the terminal: sudo apt-get install gparted.

Can CDJs read exFAT / NTFS?

No, CDJs can’t!
They only read FAT32 and HFS+.
Which format is best and step-by-step format instructions you can read in this article.

Best format for CDJ USB

The Pioneer CDJ machines support three types of file system formats:
• Microsoft FAT
• Microsoft FAT32
• Apple HFS+
Below you can find my recommended file system, pros and cons of each file system.
Command & conquer. Later in this article I will give you step-by-step instructions to format your USB drive on Mac and Windows the right way.

You probably noticed that the supported standards are replaced by newer more reliable ones with less (storage) limitations.
FAT32 is replaced by NTFS in 1993, HFS+ is replaced by APFS in 2017.
I can only guess to why Pioneer choose to support these older standards instead of the newer standards, probably licensing issues.
Dmr programming software. For now, we have to work with the limitations.

Formatting USB drive on Mac for Rekordbox

• Make sure Rekordbox is closed!
• Insert the USB drive
• Start “Disk Utility” by pressing Command+Spacebar and type “disk”, select the first item in the list or press Enter.

• Select the USB drive in the drive list on the left. Make sure you select the drive, not the partition below (otherwise you will miss vital setting later).

• Click on “Erase” (translation: format) at the top of the screen.

• The Erasewindow will appear.

• Choose a name for you dive in Name
• Format: select “OS X Extended Journaled” for HFS+ or “MS DOS FAT”
  If you choose FAT, you only can use 32GB of your drive if your drive is larger than 32 GB.
• Scheme: select “Master Boot Record”. IMPORTANT!! (you will miss this option if you selected the partition instead of the drive in the previous step).
• Now click on the “Erase” button below the formatting options.

• Wait a few seconds, your drive is now being formatted.
• Click “Done” and close the Disk Utility.
• You drive is now ready to use in Rekordbox.

Formatting USB drive on Windows for Rekordbox

We can’t format drives larger than 32GB with the Windows built-in tools.
So we need third party software called “Fat32 Format” (download: http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm )
We can also format smaller drives with Fat32 Format, so this is the method I’m going to use for this tutorial.

Gui Format Mac Os High Sierra

• Before we start, make sure Rekordbox is closed
• Insert your USB drive
• Make sure all your Explorer windows are closed, otherwise you can’t format the drive
• Start Fat32 Format

• Select the drive letterof your USB drive. NEVER choose C:
• Select allocation size: 4096
• choose a name for your USB drive in “Volume label”
• Click Start

• Select OK
• Your drive is being formatted, this takes a few seconds

• Your drive is now finished formatting
• select Close

If you want to know how to export tracks from Rekordbox to USB read this article.

Gui Format Mac Os 10.13

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