Rekordbox 6.6.2 adds ExFAT support for device

   

After a long time it is now possible to use ExFAT formatted devices to export your tracks to from Rekordbox.

ExFAT (Extended FAT) supports devices with a capacity of practically unlimited size and is a solution for users that are using devices larger than 32GB on different Operating systems. ExFAT can be read by both Windows and MacOS  (just like FAT32) and is designed as a solution if you want to use FAT as a filesystem on larger devices.

There are some pitfalls though :

• Only available in rekordbox version 6.6.2 and up
• Only available on selected hardware (CDJ-3000, XDJ-XZ and XDJ-RX3), it will not be available on older models.
• The hardware only support this if the firmware is at least:
  - CDJ-3000: fw 1.20
  - XDJ-XZ: fw 1.23
  - XDJ-RX3: fw 1.11

As this is introduced only in March 2022 and you might come across a setup that has not been updated it might be good to hold on to switching to this filesystem for while until you are sure the hardware setup is updated to the mentioned firmware versions.

When to use FAT32 (MS-DOS FAT)

All devices smaller than or equal to 32GB should be formatted FAT32 (called MS-DOS FAT on OSX)

When to use ExFAT

• if the device (USB/SD) is larger than 32GB and :
• - your OS is Windows
• - large devices on OSX can best use MacOS Extended Journaled to format it
• - when you are using SD cards larger than 32GB (conform SD card specifications this should always be done)

When NOT to use ExFAT

• if your device is smaller than or equal to 32GB (use regular FAT32/MS-DOS FAT)
• on a mac and you only need to use the device on MacOS computers (use MacOS Extended)

A video I made a while ago in regards to formatting your devices on Mac :