Can Windows-created floppy disks be read on macOS Sequoia?

Msnbell wrote:

I found a box of 3 X 5 floppy disks created on Windows. I understand I can purchase a reader that can open these but will disks created on Windows be read on Sequioa?

You’ve gotten the (correct) answer to the literal question earlier in this thread, but 3.5” floppies containing Windows apps and many Windows files from Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and newer, are not likely useful on macOS. Some common-format files like (some) old photo files can be accessed, though. Old Office docs might be accessible using LibreOffice, too.

I concur with MrHoffman here... there's a difference between being able to literally read the disk and see the files on them (potentially copying them to some other media), and actually doing something with the files.

If the disks contain applications, then they won't run on MacOS (without some significant hoops involved), and if they're documents from some proprietary application you may not have a Mac-based app that can open them, so the fact you can read them may not do you any good at all.

Without knowing more about what's on the disks, it's hard to be more specific.

I haven't tried but in the past Macs have been able to read NTFS drives, but not write to them. Your disk format could also be FAT and Macs can use those to some extent.

A Mac can read exFat and Fat32 as well as NTFS Window formatted files.

Yes, if they use one of the FAT filesystems. It's unlikely for floppies and other small volumes to use exFAT or NTFS.

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