ntfs external hard drive help problem

[iceman600]

i have a WD external hard drive which i format to ntfs to use as a storage for my WDTVlive. i format it to NTFS so i can transfer large files (4GB above)
Problem is when i connect it to my macbook pro i cant write to it... it only set to read.
how can i set it to read and write on my macbook pro? thanks... 😕

 

[Heavertron]

i have a WD external hard drive which i format to ntfs to use as a storage for my WDTVlive. i format it to NTFS so i can transfer large files (4GB above)
Problem is when i connect it to my macbook pro i cant write to it... it only set to read.
how can i set it to read and write on my macbook pro? thanks... 😕

You need additional software to write to a NTFS partition in OS X. Google is your friend. 🙂

 

[Orlandoech]

i have a WD external hard drive which i format to ntfs to use as a storage for my WDTVlive. i format it to NTFS so i can transfer large files (4GB above)
Problem is when i connect it to my macbook pro i cant write to it... it only set to read.
how can i set it to read and write on my macbook pro? thanks... 😕

MACFUSE - http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/

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

 

[Orlandoech]

Also found this; worth a read for sure.

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20090913140023382

 

[snaky69]

I've heard reports of paragon and macfuse being quirky at best, use at your own risk if you do.