Looking to download Native Instruments Kontakt 8 and would like to know the best file format for external SSD.
For best results, your external drive should have the same format as your computer's internal system drive.macOS• On macOS 10.12 Sierra (and earlier versions of OS X), the standard HFS+ / Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format is recommended.• On macOS 10.13 High Sierra and later, the Apple File System (APFS) format is recommended.Windows• The standard format is NTFS.
For best results, your external drive should have the same format as your computer's internal system drive.
macOS
• On macOS 10.12 Sierra (and earlier versions of OS X), the standard HFS+ / Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format is recommended.
• On macOS 10.13 High Sierra and later, the Apple File System (APFS) format is recommended.
Windows
• The standard format is NTFS.
Source: Notes on Network Drives and Disk Formats – Native Instruments