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Finder Windows+NTFS

linkboy

linkboy

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Jun 9, 2006
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Is there any way to add the sidebar to NTFS windows in Finder.

My NTFS (actually anything not HFS+) look like this

ScreenShot2012-02-20at51032AM.png


when I want them to look like this

ScreenShot2012-02-20at51045AM.png
 
GGJstudios said:
So you're saying if you click on the BOOTCAMP drive on the sidebar, the sidebar disappears?
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On my desktop, I have both the drive icons for my Bootcamp partition and my OS X partition.

If I open the Bootcamp drive, I get the above picture without the sidebar. Also, any folders I open will open in a new window as opposed to the same window. It gets annoying if I have to open a bunch of folders to get to a specific file.

If I open my HFS drive partition, everything works fine. I can access my Bootcamp partition via the sidebar and everything stays inside the same window.

I was thinking its because OS X can't write to NTFS drives, but a drive I have formatted for exFAT behaves the same way.
 
linkboy said:
I was thinking its because OS X can't write to NTFS drives, but a drive I have formatted for exFAT behaves the same way.
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Even though native Mac OS X can't write to NTFS, it should have no problems reading it. I've never seen that behavior in Finder, but I usually launch Finder from the Dock and navigate from there.
 
Got it.

It was due to the fact that OS X doesn't write to NTFS drives. I just installed the trial for Paragon NTFS, rebooted my computer and now its working just fine.
 
linkboy said:
Got it.

It was due to the fact that OS X doesn't write to NTFS drives. I just installed the trial for Paragon NTFS, rebooted my computer and now its working just fine.
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That's just weird. I don't see any reason why that should affect the sidebar appearing, but I'm glad you sorted it out!
 
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