Many external drives are formatted to NTFS by default, as Windows is more widely used than macOS. Because it's a proprietary file system Apple hasn't licensed, your Mac can't write to NTFS natively. When working with NTFS files, you'll need a third party NTFS driver for Mac if you want to work with the files. Our software is the only NTFS driver on the market to include support for NTFS extended attributes. You also get Tuxera Disk Manager, a companion app that makes it easy to format, check, and repair NTFS drives. Plus, NTFS for Mac works conveniently with dual boot or virtual machine set-ups.
(These are available for both OSX to allow it to write NTFS & FAT32 files using Native properties and for Windows 7 & 8 to write to HFS+ & EXFat (linux) drives using the native properties.) They aren't free, but if you do a lot of back and forth it cuts out the excess duplicate data cluttering the drive. Paragon HFS+ does cost $20, but it also offers a 10-day free trial. If you just need to recover files from a drive, 10 days is plenty of time to install this file system driver, copy your files over, and uninstall it. If you want to use Mac drives on Windows on an ongoing basis, paying $20 so you can use the drive properly is a pretty good deal. MacOS does not support write access to Windows-formatted NTFS volumes. NTFS drives remain read-only unless you modify the Kernel extension in macOS through Terminal commands. Our updated NTFS for Mac driver now skips over OSXFUSE. Instead, iBoysoft NTFS for Mac is improved with its independently programmed file system driver.
Open, edit, copy, move, or delete files stored on Windows NTFS-formatted USB drives on your Mac. When you get a new Mac, it’s only able to read Windows NTFS-formatted USB drives. To add, save, or write files to your Mac, you need an add-on NTFS-driver. Microsoft NTFS for Mac by Tuxera is easy-to-use software that makes this possible.
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Use external USB drives previously formatted in Windows
Use the same external USB drives no matter what you use – Windows PCs or Macs. Microsoft NTFS for Mac by Tuxera adds full read and write capability for Windows NTFS-formatted drives.
Peace of mind for your precious moments. Our market-leading NTFS driver stores your videos, pictures, important documents, and other files intact and uncorrupted.
Microsoft NTFS for Mac by Tuxera provides fast, sustained file transfer speeds with our smart caching technology. That means less time waiting for files to save or copy between your external drive and Mac.
Our software is the only NTFS driver on the market to include support for NTFS extended attributes. You also get Tuxera Disk Manager, a companion app that makes it easy to format, check, and repair NTFS drives. Plus, NTFS for Mac works conveniently with dual boot or virtual machine set-ups.
Supported platforms: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), 10.5 (Leopard), 10.6 (Snow Leopard), 10.7 (Lion), 10.8 (Mountain Lion), 10.9 (Mavericks), 10.10 (Yosemite), 10.11 (El Capitan), 10.12 (Sierra), macOS 10.13 (High Sierra), macOS 10.14 (Mojave), macOS 10.15 (Catalina) and macOS 11 (Big Sur)
Supported hardware: Intel, PowerPC and Apple Silicon Macs
Works in both 32-bit and 64-bit kernel modes
All NTFS versions supported
Create NTFS partitions
Create NTFS disk image
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Verify and repair NTFS volumes
Smart caching for high-performance read/write
Automatic translation of file names
Native extended attributes
Seamless data exchange when dual booting Windows and macOS
Easy file handling when running Windows through a virtual machine
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...Once installed you can forget about it. It’ll do all the work in the background and not bug you about this and that, it just works.Damien Zander, AppDucate
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...It just works. Every time. I'm a developer by trade, and I can usually find fault in anything I use. I have nothing negative to say about NTFS for Mac.Patrick from OH, USA
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...The perfect solution for any Mac user who needs simple and fast read and write access to files stored on NTFS formatted partitions on a Mac.Sergiu Gatlan, Softpedia
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