solution for NTFS issue for macbook m1
What is the best solution to NTFS issue for MacBook M1 on Monterey?
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.3
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gheefromsa wrote:
Creating an NTFS file using my MacBook in an external hard drive such a USB drive used to be possible by installing a software such as Paragon. ....... Is there is straight forward software that does not need fiddling with the security settings?
Yes, don't use the NTFS file system. Instead erase the drive as exFAT if you need to share the drive with a Windows computer. Otherwise erase the drive as MacOS Extended (Journaled) if the drive will only be used with macOS (or as APFS, but APFS is a new file system that tends to become corrupted where First Aid may not be able to repair it which requires erasing the drive again).
Erasing a drive will destroy all data on it, so make sure to temporarily transfer your files to another location while you erase the drive.
FYI, it is always best to let the OS manage the file system on drives. As you have discovered relying on proprietary third party apps to manage a drive can be problematic.
