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How do I format my NTFS external drive to be write-able for Mac?

I have an NTFS hard drive, I've been using them for my MacBook. However, the drive doesn't write when I use a Mac PC. And also I tried to install macOS Big Sur, but since my MacBook storage is low, I wanted to use my external drive but wasn't allowed to.


Is there any way I can format my external drive without losing the data? I can't transfer the data to my MacBook since my MacBook storage is too low. And I don't have any other external drive to transfer to.


Posted on Jun 8, 2021 12:26 AM

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Jun 8, 2021 8:12 AM in response to twinkick

twinkick wrote:

I have an NTFS hard drive, I've been using them for my MacBook. However, the drive doesn't write when I use a Mac PC. And also I tried to install macOS Big Sur, but since my MacBook storage is low, I wanted to use my external drive but wasn't allowed to.

Is there any way I can format my external drive without losing the data? I can't transfer the data to my MacBook since my MacBook storage is too low. And I don't have any other external drive to transfer to.


https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/c4bbac6b-fc28-4330-8d81-3fd5670da521


Third party ...software to r/w to NTFS

tuxera

http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/


Paragon

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




there are others:


https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/wiki/NTFS-3G


https://iboysoft.com/mac-drive-manager/ntfs-for-mac/free-software-read-write-ntfs-mac.html


https://iboysoft.com/ntfs-for-mac/wd-ntfs-driver-for-mac.html

How do I format my NTFS external drive to be write-able for Mac?

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