external hard drive

[Badrottie]

I have so much to learn about Apple OSX (Leopard 10.5.8)...how come I can't move files to NTFS harddrive??? USB Flash drive does not work either.

 

[gr8tfly]

OS-X native support for NTFS is read-only (as you've discovered). There are 3rd party apps that can give you write capability, but their names escape me.

 

[rookiezzz]

NTFS is windows based hdd format..

Mac uses HSF format..

Windows =
NTFS (Read & Write)
HSF (No Read & No Write)

OS X =
HSF (Read & Write)
NTFS (Read)

use FAT format if you want to share files between windows and macs (FAT max size per file is 4gb)

btw, isn't a usb flash disk usually uses FAT format??

 

[Badrottie]

NTFS is windows based hdd format..

Mac uses HSF format..

Windows =
NTFS (Read & Write)
HSF (No Read & No Write)

OS X =
HSF (Read & Write)
NTFS (Read)

use FAT format if you want to share files between windows and macs (FAT max size per file is 4gb)

btw, isn't a usb flash disk usually uses FAT format??

You are correct about USB Flash drive I just format NTFS over FAT for some reasons.

 

[gr8tfly]

NTFS is windows based hdd format..

Mac uses HSF format..

Windows =
NTFS (Read & Write)
HSF (No Read & No Write)

OS X =
HSF (Read & Write)
NTFS (Read)

use FAT format if you want to share files between windows and macs (FAT max size per file is 4gb)

btw, isn't a usb flash disk usually uses FAT format??

Just a nit: it's "HFS"

 

[GGJstudios]

FAT32 (File Allocation Table)

• Read/Write FAT32 from both native Windows and native Mac OS X.
• Maximum file size: 4GB.
• Maximum volume size: 2TB

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.
• AirPort Extreme (802.11n) and Time Capsule do not support NTFS
• Maximum file size: 16 TB
• Maximum volume size: 256TB

HFS+ (Hierarchical File System, a.k.a. Mac OS Extended)

• Read/Write HFS+ from native Mac OS X
• Required for Time Machine or Carbon Copy Cloner backups of Mac internal hard drive.
• To Read/Write HFS+ from Windows, Install MacDrive
• To Read HFS+ (but not Write) from Windows, Install HFSExplorer
• Maximum file size: 8EiB
• Maximum volume size: 8EiB

exFAT (FAT64)

• Supported in Mac OS X only in 10.6.5 or later.
• Not all Windows versions support exFAT. See disadvantages.
• exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table)
• AirPort Extreme (802.11n) and Time Capsule do not support exFAT
• Maximum file size: 16 EiB
• Maximum volume size: 64 ZiB