I'm willing to purchase my first Macbook Pro, but I have one huge question mark in mind: Will I get to access all my data on my NTFS-formated external hard drives? If so, how, is it natively supported with Mac OS X?
I tried reading the Mac Switchers Guide but my 'issue' wasn't covered.
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It‘s read only.
You cannot copy any files to the Drive. But you can copy it down from the drive to your mac computer. -
I've been trying to figure out MacDrive. -
blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
There is a NTSF extension that can be added so OSX can read and write NTSF. Without the ext you will have read only. Apple can RW Fat32 as native.
You can use a File sysc program or FTP to copy your files over. -
No simple/easier way it can be done?
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no. not that I've ever heard of.
do what you have to do. -
blargh.blargh.blargh Notebook Consultant
Your new mac can easily be configured to access Windows file shares through your network. -
mindinversion Notebook Evangelist
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/24481/ntfs-3g
Simple free program to allow NTFS read/write in OS/X. -
I use NTFS-3g to access my older external HDD that I haven't wanted to reformat. -
best software out there , just install and enjoy , but it'll cost ya :S
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/
40$
the problem with FAT32 is the max file size 4gb is too small some times i get DVD ISOs (4gb +) from friends that i ll need to burn them or access them -
I don't mind paying for the app. Read about Tuxera too.
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if your switching, you can just copy everything off your external drive, then reformat it to HFS+, then use it that way. If your just adding a mac and you still want the hard drive to be read/write to a Windows machine, then adding NTFS read/write support via 3rd party programs is the best way to go.
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New to Mac, just a question
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Pandah, Apr 17, 2010.