Getting this message every morning upon logging in, do not understand it

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Getting this message every morning upon logging in, do not understand it

Actually posting for a relative who does not have an Apple account. She recently bought a Macbook Air 2023, using OS 14.5. She gets a message upon logging in every morning "Allow the loading of third-party Kernel Extensions. NTFS for Mac utilizes kext, Apple Silicon Macs require a one time setup to be performed" and a button that say "get started".

Can someone explain the technical language? Does she need to do this?

MacBook Air (M2, 2023)

Posted on Jun 18, 2024 9:09 AM

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MartinR

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Jun 18, 2024 10:00 AM in response to Bellon, Laurel

It appears that she (or someone who provided assistance) installed Paragon NTFS for Mac but didn't complete the installation. This would have been for the purpose of connecting an NTFS-formatted external disk drive to the Mac. NTFS formatted disk drives are from Windows.

Macs can read NTFS disks just fine, but not write to them. NTFS for Mac enables you to write to NTFS disks. She does not need it unless she wants to write (copy) files to that external drive.

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John Galt

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Jun 18, 2024 9:49 AM in response to Bellon, Laurel

Apparently, someone installed a modification on that Mac to read and write NTFS formatted storage devices. Macs don't use them.

Does she need to do this?

No.

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Answer 3

Jun 18, 2024 2:26 PM in response to Bellon, Laurel

Even if the NTFS software had been fully installed, I have encountered cases after a macOS update patch where third party extensions & even some macOS built-in extensions must be manually approved again.

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