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If you use the NTFS file system on an external drive can files be read by the Mac using OS X?
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∙ 11y ago
Mac OS X cannot read an NTFS file system without the assistance of a third party program. See the related link below for a list of solutions if it is absolutely necessary to open NTFS file systems using OS X.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoMac OS X can read NTFS formatted drives but cannot write to them as it is a propriety format owned by Microsoft.
Third party software will allow the Mac full read and write access to NTFS drives.
Paragon's NTFS-Mac is not free software. It contains a driver that allows the Mac to read and write NTFS drives.
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∙ 12y agoMac OS X can read, but not write to, hard discs utilising the NTFS file system.
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