I have a MacBook and a 1 tb fat32 Western Digital External Hard Drive. I would like to transfer the data from this external hard drive to another external hard drive that i can use on my work "pc". When I try to add or remove data from the NTFS hardrive on the mac I cannot; however I can access the files. I cannot add or remove. I tried using carbon copy cloner and that didnt work either. This has created a large problem. If additional information is needed please let me know!
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NTFS (Windows NT File System)
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- Read/Write NTFS from native Windows.
- Read only NTFS from native Mac OS X
[*]To Read/Write/Format NTFS from Mac OS X, here are some alternatives:- For Mac OS X 10.4 or later (32 or 64-bit), install Paragon (approx $20) (Best Choice for Lion)
- For 32-bit Mac OS X, install NTFS-3G for Mac OS X (free) (does not work in 64-bit mode)
- For 64-bit Snow Leopard, read this: MacFUSE for 64-bit Snow Leopard
- Some have reported problems using Tuxera (approx $36).
- Native NTFS support can be enabled in Snow Leopard and Lion, 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
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