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NTFS reading and writing update?
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there are loads of utilities out there to allow r/w to NTFS, like NTFS 3G, Paragon NTFS etc.
there are also guides on how to enable native r/w to NTFS using a few terminal tricks.
if your working with an external drive or thumb drive reformat them to exFAT (FAT64), it has native r/w in both OS X and faildows, but remember to use the MBR partition scheme.
google and ye shall find!
there are also guides on how to enable native r/w to NTFS using a few terminal tricks.
if your working with an external drive or thumb drive reformat them to exFAT (FAT64), it has native r/w in both OS X and faildows, but remember to use the MBR partition scheme.
google and ye shall find!
none, apple would have to pay royalties to microsoft to be able to use an inferior and mildly outdated disk format.
The option should have been there in the first place?
Windows is incapable of reading and writing to HFS(+) formatted volumes natively, it needs a third party software for that.
And then there are licensing issues regarding NTFS, which makes it harder for Apple to offer NTFS-write drivers.
The third party drivers circumvent those issues though, I guess. I might be talking out of my arse right now.
And yeah, Mac OS X should be able to write to NTFS formatted volumes. Just like it should offer a taskbar, or a menu bar in every goddamn window, or snap, or a white mouse pointer, or a proper way to crash.
Maybe this can help, but if you want to rant, go to www.apple.com/feedback