Is there a free software that I can download so that my Mac can write on my external NTFS drive? I've tried Tuxera NTFS but that has a 15 day trial. So what's my best option here? Thanks in advance.
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How to write on NTFS external HDD?
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FAT32
- Read/Write FAT32 from both native Windows and native Mac OS X.
- No individual file larger than 4GB.
- Read/Write NTFS from native Windows.
- Read only NTFS from native Mac OS X
- To Read/Write NTFS from Leopard: Install MacFUSE and NTFS-3G. You can install both with NTFS-3G for Mac OS X.
- To Read/Write NTFS from Snow Leopard: Guide: Enable native NTFS Read/Write in Snow Leopard
- (Be aware that some are of the opinion that enabling native NTFS in SL is unstable/unreliable, and favor the MacFuse/NTFS-3G method for Snow Leopard)
- Read/Write HFS from native Mac OS X
- To Read/Write HFS from Windows, Install MacDrive
- To Read HFS (but not Write) from Windows, Install HFSExplorer
NTFS-3G. The same people that make the Tuxera thing make it or at least have a part in it's making.