NTFS-3G is an open source cross-platform implementation of the NTFS file system with read-write support. And also it only targets individual Disk, which means if you plug in another NTFS formatted drive, you need to enable the second drive again. But the down side of it is the Disk will not come up automatically as the Apple's NTFS write access is not officially supported, you will have to open Finder and go to /Volumes to open the Disk. ![]() The advantage of using Apple's built in NTFS driver, you don't need to install third party program and less security risk. There are, however, advantages and disadvantages for the two options. Install an open-source NTFS driver: NTFS-3G Enable Apple's native NTFS driver's built in write accessĢ. ![]() There are commercial programs doing the job, but that's not today's topic.ġ. Here we only discuss free solution for the write access to NTFS. Or you might consider just transfer your files through network. ![]() Please note FAT32 has the limit of 4GB on single file size and 2TB of partition limit. So how can we enable the write access to the NTFS file system?īut first if you have both Mac and Windows computers at home, and need to regularly copy files between Mac and Windows, we recommend you format the USB drive(either USB HDD or USB sticks) to FAT32 or exFAT.
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