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    Using an advanced filesystem (Linux ext4) for both Teslacam and music files: The Definitive Guide

    These are Linux-specific instructions, and the ext4 filesystem is a Linux filesystem. I don't think that a MacOS system can create and write to ext4 filesystems. You can, however, install a Linux system inside a virtual machine. I use Parallels Desktop on my M1-based Macbook Pro to run a...
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    Using an advanced filesystem (Linux ext4) for both Teslacam and music files: The Definitive Guide

    I'm not sure if reformatting the drive from the car will cause you to lose the partitions. At the very least, though, you'll lose the filesystem on the partition, and the data associated with it.
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    Using an advanced filesystem (Linux ext4) for both Teslacam and music files: The Definitive Guide

    When I first got my Model 3, I formatted the drive from the car's menus. (I think exFAT is its default formatting filesystem.) Within a few months I had a couple issues writing to the drive and had to reformat it. Then I switched to ext4 when I learned I could use that and for well over a...
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    Using an advanced filesystem (Linux ext4) for both Teslacam and music files: The Definitive Guide

    There are several potential advantages to using ext4, a Linux filesystem, on an SSD connected to your Tesla in the glove box. The Linux-specific filesystem is journaled, which means it has some protection against data corruption from disconnects. I switched to ext4 as my filesystem for the Tesla...