How do I format a USB with FAT32 on a Mac?

[viperatedrko]

In the Disk Utility, there is an MS-DOS (FAT) Format.

 

Is that the same as FAT32 and will I be able to use it on Windows?

 

 

I plan on flashing a motherboard's BIOS so I need it to be formatted with FAT32

[Speedbird]

Yes, it is FAT32. Other FAT filesystems aren't that common.

[3DDude]

yes it's the same.

 

However in my experience,

look for paragon ntfs, which is de filesystem windows uses (Fat32 has its limits/ is quite old).

 

It's not uncommon that you see an NTFS formatted usb drive / external hdd from colleagues / friends etcetera.

 

So get Paragon NTFS --> with that tool you can read and write to NTFS on mac os x.

(If you don't have it - you can only 'read' from NTFS disks).