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    Tired of Mac OS can not write NTFS

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by fan of laptop, Oct 15, 2007.

  1. fan of laptop

    fan of laptop Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi, I do not know about you guys, but I myself am tired of the facts that Mac OSX can not write NTFS. Most of my external hard drive is NTFS format and mac can read it, but can not write on it.

    Though there is a software called Macfuse, I do not know how to make it work. Any suggestions?
     
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  2. Runeknight95

    Runeknight95 Notebook Consultant

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    Runeknight95, Oct 16, 2007
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  3. SaferSephiroth

    SaferSephiroth The calamity from within

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    Im glad Paragon jumped into the mix, but from the looks of it they will need some time to work out bugs. If they sell for a decent price i will buy it.
     
    SaferSephiroth, Oct 16, 2007
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  4. cashmonee

    cashmonee Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    To be fair, this is not Apple's, or Linux's for that matter, fault. MS used a closed file system that needs to be reversed engineered. I firmly believe all file systems should be open so that this is not an issue, but that will never happen. An alternative to MacFuse is to throw the drives on a network or format them HFS+ and get MacDrive for Windows. Also you could format them FAT32. There are options, it is just a bit of a pain.
     
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  5. blue68f100

    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    I use a Snap 4500 NAS, works with all.
     
    blue68f100, Oct 16, 2007
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