It is something that a lot of people still think old logic. APFS is ten times better than HFS and as for issues when moving files between Mac OS, Linux and Windows. That is just FUD. I have never had any issues opening and saving files between platforms. I of course use iCloud to store all of my files. I have had Word crash on me and cause the .bak to not be saved, but that is of course a long ongoing Office problem when it runs into issues.
Just a note, the 2 WDC External 4TB My Book drives came formatted as exFAT, marked on the box as usable by Windows and macOS. Linux Mint can read and write them. As a curiosity I partitioned a 1TB Notebook drive and formatted the whole partition as FAT32 using GPARTED included in Linux Mint, worked fine. My MacBook Pro gave up the ghost when the drive controller on the motherboard crashed during the Upgrade from Sierra to High Sierra so can't say if Apple has ever included read/write with NTFS yet without installing a program. A few earlier versions could read NTFS.
ExFAT was created for Windows CE and can have issues with those devices that cannot read that format. If you are using a portable device to store media, FAT32 is always the goto. If you are burning say 4k/UHD, then go with ExFAT. Otherwise stick with the tried and true FAT32.I'm a Windows fanboy, so why can't you use exFAT?
https://www.howtogeek.com/235596/wha...xfat-and-ntfs/
I don't like exFAT as it is not supported by all devices (some read only pure FAT32 and NTFS). Besides Mac OS X can natively read only NTFS, that's fine if you don't want to modify, create new or delete any files from Mac. You can however enable read/write access and then it makes no difference to a Mac OS Extended Journaled partition, you can do whatever file operation required. If you mostly use Windows, you can install Macdrive or Paragon HFS to fully access Mac formatted drives in Windows. I have enen installed Paragon extFS to also have full access to Linux partitions in Windows. For Mac OS X or Linux/Android you can install Paragon NTFS for full access to NTFS partitions or enable writing using the console (more complicated). As NTFS is supported by all modern devices (mobiles, TV boxes etc), I would just format in NTFS and enable full access in Mac OS X. As long as you safely remove the USB media (as in Windows), you shouldn't worry about any corruption.
Beware of syncing cloud services like OneDrive, Dropbox, Box et al on Windows to external drives as they now require NTFS, whereas previously they didn't.
There are slight speed advantages to NTFS in a Windows environment too.
Just checked, for APFS you can install Paragon APFS too, but the easiest and more compatible by far is using NTFS and enabling read/write in Mac OS X.
Rivals never co-exist
Mac OS and Windows can co-exist in many respects and have no problems in day to day use. Go on any University campus and you will see students and staff using Macbooks daily and have no problems when they have to access a file on a PC. I use a mix of Linux, Mac OS and Windows daily and have had zero issues using those data files between those three OS's.
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