NTFS external HDD

*"Can 10.5.1 read an external drive that is formated in NTFS?"*

Yes

Can 10.5.1 read an external drive that is formated in NTFS?

Yes. That capability was introduced in Mac OS X 10.3.

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jr20079,

That's right. OS X can read, but not write to an NTFS volume. When connected, it will mount and show up on the Desktop normally, and you can read or copy any files on it. You just won't be able to move, edit, or otherwise modify anything on the drive (any copies you make to an HFS+ or FAT-32 volume will be writable, though).

Scott

Yes.

Hi Scott,
I just wonder, is there any way to use (edit) the file on ntfs hard disk? Because I have a lot of file on my ext. Hd that I create with Windows XP before I use Mac Book. Or it must be partition under mac os first?
Thanks a lot before..

I was trying to mount my friend's ntfs formatted external portable hard drive to my mac. but it just doesn't show up on leopard. while running vmware fusion, I was able to copy and paste files to it. I also installed paragon ntfs driver, but still nothing. any help?

I have this same problem. I'm unable to mount my ntfs usb drive on os x 10.5.3 but I am able to on my laptop with 10.4.11. I tried installing paragon ntfs before this and then uninstalled it. I wonder if this is part of the problem?

Hi,

I don't know if this we'll solve all of your problems but for sure it will be a good think for you that want/need to work with ntfs formatted disks. You should try NTFS-3G for mac. With this tool you will be able to have read/write access to ntfs formatted drives. Here is the link http://www.ntfs-3g.org/. Just download the dmg package and install i think is all that you have to do. Then plug your hard drive and you can now go and change the permissions on your files so you can write on that drive.

I'm using a program called Paragon NTFS for Mac to access my Windows XP external hard drives, and so far it is working flawlessly. It costs money, and Fuse is free, so you might want to try Fuse first. But I tried Fuse in 2007 and it didn't work right for me (I might have been too stupid to use it correctly, and it may have improved since then). Paragon works great.

Now when is writing to NTFS drives just going to be native inside OS X?