ecking1985

Q: NTFS writing stopped working in Sierra

I use a Toshiba external drive formatted in NTFS.

 

Since upgrading to Sierra I can not write to this drive.

 

I was able to write to it previously, as I used it exclusively with my Mac.

 

I have a Macbook Pro Retina early 2013.

 

What should I do to resolve the write issue?

Posted on Sep 21, 2016 1:34 PM

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  • by Phil0124,Helpful

    Phil0124 Phil0124 Sep 23, 2016 8:50 PM in response to ecking1985
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    Sep 23, 2016 8:50 PM in response to ecking1985

    Since OSX has never been able to natively write to NTFS formatted volumes, you were almost certainly using some type of NTFS driver to make it possible previously, something like Paragon, or Tuxera or the like

     

    OSX updates tend to break these drivers and you would need to find an update for these drivers that works on Sierra.

     

    You'll need to identify what driver you are using for this first.

  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Sep 21, 2016 1:42 PM in response to ecking1985
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    Sep 21, 2016 1:42 PM in response to ecking1985

    I concur with everything Phil has to say.

     

    Why do you have the disk drive formatted as NTFS and not HFS+?

     

    If you do that you will not be bothered every time Apple upgrades with having to wait for the third party vendors of the NTFS software for Mac OS X to finally get their code updated.

  • by leroydouglas,

    leroydouglas leroydouglas Sep 21, 2016 1:43 PM in response to ecking1985
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    Sep 21, 2016 1:43 PM in response to ecking1985

    Check for driver update.

  • by ecking1985,

    ecking1985 ecking1985 Sep 23, 2016 8:51 PM in response to Phil0124
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    Sep 23, 2016 8:51 PM in response to Phil0124

    As I am reviewing I believe you are correct.

     

    I have Tuxera.

     

    I will update and try again.

     

    Thank you.

  • by ecking1985,

    ecking1985 ecking1985 Sep 23, 2016 8:52 PM in response to Allan Eckert
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    Sep 23, 2016 8:52 PM in response to Allan Eckert

    I believe I was moving a large amount of data off of an old Windows based notebook.

     

    I have no practical reason for the formatting currently.

     

    I will be moving the data off this drive and reformatting.

     

    Thanks for the help.

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Sep 24, 2016 5:33 AM in response to ecking1985
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    Sep 24, 2016 5:33 AM in response to ecking1985

    I will be moving the data off this drive and reformatting.

    If you are using the software bundled with the drive, make sure you uninstall it after reformatting. Some posts from the El Capitan forum seem to indicate it may still interfere with the drive even when it is formatted as OS X Extended.

     

    However, if you are using the retail version of Tuxera, you shouldn't have any problems, so removing it would be optional.

  • by HamishCr,

    HamishCr HamishCr Oct 2, 2016 2:44 AM in response to ecking1985
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    Oct 2, 2016 2:44 AM in response to ecking1985

    I just had the same issue with a Seagate drive. I was using NTFS for OS X by paragon and couldn't update it or access it through system preferences due to an error message "Could not load Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X preference pane.". The icon was a background X with NTFS beneath so if anyone else has this issue then go to http://www.seagate.com/au/en/support/external-hard-drives/desktop-hard-drives/ba ckup-plus-desk/ or similar and seagate has a new paragon driver for free for OS 10.9 and above. It only works for Seagate, Samsung & Maxtor devices but I suspect if you're having this problem that your HDD manufacturer may have a driver solution for you.