ntfs support lion

[littleasian]

i was wondering if anybody has been able to get ntfs support working for lion. i have an external drive that's formatted in either FAT or NTFS and when i plugged it in an error popped up saying it couldn't be mounted.

anyone else having this problem?

[KiDo]

Don't know if this helps but, when i insert my FAT32 usb key it mounts and works, read/write.

I can also access my bootcamp NTFS partition, but it won't write, so i don't think NTFS support is working

[newfoundglory]

NTFS volumes do mount under Lion without any problems for me, but they are read-only (for the moment at least)

I thought Apple might include native read/write support, but I had trouble getting it to mount in read/write mode when doing it manually.

eg.

/sbin/mount_ntfs -o rw /dev/disk2s1 /volumes/ntfstest

[sharpblad3]

i have now 2 mac os partitions... one for snow leopard and one for lion...

i wonder,if i erase the one with leopard....will i be able to install the retail lion to another partition from inside lion GM ????

[Sneakz]

I use Tuxera NTFS. It has 64 bit kernel support and is working well so far.

[GGJstudios]

NTFS (Windows NT File System)

• Read/Write NTFS from native Windows.
• Read only NTFS from native Mac OS X
• To Read/Write/Format NTFS from Mac OS X: Install NTFS-3G for Mac OS X (free)
• Some have reported problems using Tuxera (approx 33USD).
• Native NTFS support can be enabled in Snow Leopard, but is not advisable, due to instability. Time will tell if this instability is corrected in Lion.
• AirPort Extreme (802.11n) and Time Capsule do not support NTFS
• Maximum file size: 16 TB
• Maximum volume size: 256TB

[simsaladimbamba]

Originally Posted by sharpblad3

i have now 2 mac os partitions... one for snow leopard and one for lion...

i wonder,if i erase the one with leopard....will i be able to install the retail lion to another partition from inside lion GM ????

Why not use a USB flash memory thumb drive to clone the image onto and use that to do a clean install of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion?

[godyourestupid]

I have an interesting scenereo for you.. I have bootcamp installed so I can dual boot win7 and Lion. When I installed w7 I formatted in NTFS, now that I have upgraded to LION it does not recognize the partition, it complains, and VMWare no longer will connect / recognize that bootcamp.

I am stumped, does anyone have any suggestions?

[CylonGlitch]

I was hoping that they would have support for NTFS in Lion. But it is the same as what it was in SnowLeopard; read only. I had previously used NTFS-3G but was holding out buying the Tuxera software until Lion but now it looks like I'll have to bite the bullet and buy Tuxera.

[lordloki]

silly mac users, enabling NTFS write is simple:

http://hints.macworld.com/article.ph...90913140023382

[imacken]

Originally Posted by lordloki

silly mac users, enabling NTFS write is simple:
http://hints.macworld.com/article.ph...90913140023382

I had serious problem with that method, so I dumped it fairly quickly some time ago.
I also had problems with NTFS-3G. It was flaky, and I can't afford that with valuable data.
I then bought Paragon NTFS, and it has been 100% reliable since the day it was installed.

[GGJstudios]

Originally Posted by lordloki

silly mac users, enabling NTFS write is simple:

If you read the thread, you would have seen in my earlier post:

Native NTFS support can be enabled in Snow Leopard, but is not advisable, due to instability.

[PenguinApple]

And what about Lion ?
Does it support NTFS read/write natively ?

[imacken]

No.

[dxjuanchy]

So bottom line, which plug in is the best to read NTFS external hard drives with Lion? I used to have one that worked perfectly for snow leopard but now that i have Lion is just not working!

[xlii]

Originally Posted by GGJstudios

NTFS (Windows NT File System)

• Read/Write NTFS from native Windows.
• Read only NTFS from native Mac OS X
• To Read/Write/Format NTFS from Mac OS X: Install NTFS-3G for Mac OS X (free)
• Some have reported problems using Tuxera (approx 33USD).
• Native NTFS support can be enabled in Snow Leopard, but is not advisable, due to instability. Time will tell if this instability is corrected in Lion.
• AirPort Extreme (802.11n) and Time Capsule do not support NTFS
• Maximum file size: 16 TB
• Maximum volume size: 256TB

I use this... and it works... on both Lion and Snow Leopard.

[imacken]

As I said above, I (and others) have had some issues with NTFS-3G (free) and I wouldn't trust my valuable data to it.
For me, Paragon NTFS has been flawless and trouble free and I would highly recommend it to everyone. I know it's not free, but it's a pretty small price.

[Torrijos]

The method where you modify fstab file doesn't seem to work anymore on Lion

[jefftb]

I cannot get my drives to mount since going to Lion!!

[jefftb]

Windows NT Filesystem. format.

[gentlefury]

Mac has had NTFS read support for years....not sure if they added write support.

[cocacolakid]

Originally Posted by imacken

I then bought Paragon NTFS, and it has been 100% reliable since the day it was installed.

I just tried the Paragon NTFS trial version and it works fine in Lion, I was able to format to NTFS and then read and write from NTFS without a problem. Thanks.

Here is the link if anyone wants to try it.

http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/

[jefftb]

Wonder why they won't mount then. I have Paragon installed too. I don't want to reformat these drives, obviously, since there is data on them.

[ingerj]

To read/write NTFS on Lion I had to delete the folder 'ufsd.fs' from /system/Library/filesystem

I installed a third party NTFS driver (Paragon 9.0.1 worked for me)

Now my NTFS drive mounts and I can read/write.

Hope that helps.

[tongteh]

I am quite interested in Paragon to be honest. Anyone have any idea if it is a native 64bit application/preference or 32bit? What about Tuxera? I thought Tuxera is native 64bit, isn't it?

Thanks all.