![]() Let’s start with Homebrew, because, let’s face it, most useful things on the Mac OS start with Homebrew… In case you haven’t yet installed Homebrew the instructions on the website are pretty good, just remember to install command line tools for Xcode as pre-requisite - xcode-select -install. So with the disclaimer out of the way - on with the installation process ! I did this with Mac OS Sierra but it should work fine on older versions as well. ![]() It’s worked so far but I haven’t connected the hard drive to a windows or a linux machine as yet. The main differences seem to be in additional tools and capabilities for checking and formatting the disk.ĭisclaimer: I installed this on my Mac Book only yesterday and I have been using this with my external hard drive to copy and paste a few small to medium sized files. The folks behind NTFS 3G then went on to build a commercial version of the driver specifically for the Mac OS called Tuxera NTFS. It uses the FUSE file system interface so that it can talk to any Unix like OS including the Mac OS. NTFS 3G is an open source driver for NTFS. The last time I had a Mac Book, I had gone with Paragon NTFS for this capability and I was just googling around to see what the state of the art was this time around when I came across NTFS 3G. I do not know why this is not provided, especially since read support works fine - but I guess that’s just Apple being quirky… One of the major gaps in the Mac OS capabilities is write support for the NTFS file system. I recently found myself with a new Mac Book Pro and I have been slowly customizing it to suit me better. Consider this my deprecation warning for this article. ![]() The method and tools used in this article may no longer reliably work on your new Mac. Since then Mac OS has been updated multiple times and has IMO got increasingly restrictive. With your comments and suggestions, we’ve been working on improvements for today’s release. For a summary of all major changes and improvements to our NTFS driver for Mac, visit the release history page.I published this article in Feb 2017. We’d like to extend our thanks to those of you who downloaded the RC version and sent us feedback. Get in touch at Thanks for your valued feedbackīack in June, we launched a release candidate for Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2016. If you have any questions or feedback, our support team is happy to help. If you don’t have a license for Tuxera NTFS for Mac, it’s a convenient, one-time purchase valid for the entire lifetime of the software! Visit our product page to buy the software or download and try it free for 15 days. If you aren’t upgrading to macOS Sierra, we still recommend upgrading Tuxera NTFS for Mac for all the latest features and improvements. It supports macOS Sierra, OS X El Capitan, and all previous OS X versions from 10.4 (Tiger) onward. ![]() Our software makes it possible for you to access, edit, store, and transfer files hassle-free. Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2016 brings support for Windows drives to macOS SierraĪs with previous versions, Tuxera NTFS for Mac brings full read-write compatibility with Windows NTFS-formatted drives to your Mac. ![]() Although APFS won’t ship in Apple devices until next year, we’re keeping an eye on all the latest developments. It’s also more secure and reliable than HFS+. APFS is scalable from Apple Watches to Mac Pros, and should bring better interoperability between all Apple products. This of course requires you to buy a subscription for iCloud storage if you need more than the free 5 GB of space you get.Īnother new development is Apple File System (APFS), which starting in 2017, will replace the decades-old HFS+. This new feature frees up storage space on your Mac by automatically moving rarely used files to iCloud. For us, two interesting improvements stand out. With the much-awaited launch of macOS Sierra, we’re pleased to announce that Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2016 is now available! Macworld has a great overview of the new features in Sierra, so be sure to check them out if you’re not quite up to speed. ![]()
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