NTFS support in Snow Leopard?

[boast]

Microsoft is such BS, like when they were suing TomTom- "Microsoft has said previously that Linux and other open-source programs violate more than 200 of its patents."

 

[Cinder6]

Microsoft is such BS, like when they were suing TomTom- "Microsoft has said previously that Linux and other open-source programs violate more than 200 of its patents."

Software patents in general are BS.

 

[Jobsian]

What's the final verdict here, is Snow Leopard support for NTFS read-only?

 

[jamin100]

Yes - Read only

 

[wetrix]

Not surprising, but would have been nice to have.

 

[maddin4j]

A developer build of Snow Leopard had NTFS read/write access out of the box. Not sure why Apple removed it.

I always have problems when writing onto NTFS hard drives. For some reason copying files on NTFS files takes a lot of time.

 

[dimme]

Is NTFS-3G safe to use with Snow Leopard?

 

[RandomKamikaze]

Is NTFS-3G safe to use with Snow Leopard?

I've installed it, did some testing and it seems fine

 

[NoSmokingBandit]

Because post 2000 Microsoft OS's are Unix rip off's, Microsoft didn't even make it, so it doesn't count.

Kinda like OSX is a ripoff of BSD?

 

[zerostar]

A developer build of Snow Leopard had NTFS read/write access out of the box. Not sure why Apple removed it.

I always have problems when writing onto NTFS hard drives. For some reason copying files on NTFS files takes a lot of time.

Hmm maybe it was a kext, what version was that?

 

[Jobsian]

Yes - Read only

Thanks dude, appreciated

 

[SomeSwede]

I agree, the lack of NTFS support is a big minus.

 

[lavrishevo]

Sounds like it's MS stopping this not apple.

 

[cuestakid]

You can get write ability in SL if you install MacFuse which is part of VMware Fusion or as a separate download for free.

 

[Tex-Twil]

I've installed it, did some testing and it seems fine

I installed ntfs-3g but the pref pane is all greyed. I wanted to create a new ntfs partition on my external disk but it failed

 

[cuestakid]

I installed ntfs-3g but the pref pane is all greyed. I wanted to create a new ntfs partition on my external disk but it failed

did you try to click on the pad lock and enter your password? That should unlock it

 

[RandomKamikaze]

I installed ntfs-3g but the pref pane is all greyed. I wanted to create a new ntfs partition on my external disk but it failed

As said by cuestakid:

did you try to click on the pad lock and enter your password? That should unlock it

Also, you have installed MacFuse haven't you?

 

[zwaldowski]

Um, yeah, dude, you need to unlock it. You also need to either reboot or "Unmount" then "Mount" in Disk Utility to get it to mount using NTFS-3G.

 

[MisterMe]

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Also, you have installed MacFuse haven't you?

MacFUSE is a part of NTFS-3G.

 

[Tex-Twil]

did you try to click on the pad lock and enter your password? That should unlock it

Oups I forgot this lock icon quite often. Thanks.

 

[Ron21]

NTFS-3G and SL don't go well together. The NTFS-3G process is using 50%+ of CUP power constantly..

 

[Tex-Twil]

NTFS-3G and SL don't go well together. The NTFS-3G process is using 50%+ of CUP power constantly..

I dont have this problem but I have another one. I'm trying to partition a free space of an external disk but it fails.

 

[messedkid]

Only reason I need NTFS support, is to keep a pirated copy of iLife09.dmg on an external backup drive used by SL and XP.

I figure Microsoft would be up for that.

 

[jmpage2]

NTFS is garbage.

ZFS is the future of filesystem support.

 

[redoo]

NTFS is garbage.

ZFS is the future of filesystem support.

Maybe NTFS is garbage. But there are many (most) external drives formatted with the FAT32 filesystem which is IMO absolute garbage (e.g. you cannot write files bigger than 4 gigs)! So NTFS would be the much better option for cross-platform usage of external harddrives since Windows cannot handle other file systems than NTFS and FAT. So IMO NTFS support is a must-have for any future MAC OS!