Hello all, Yes, you are correct. The Mac only will read NTFS drives, it will not write to them. There are both free and paid applications that let you achieve this task, I personally use paragon NTFS, which was $20. You simply plug in the drive, and go. I almost forgot it was on my Mac, until that is, I had to reinstall the OS.
Matt Dierckens Assistive technology specialist Macintosh trainer Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 5, 2015, at 08:00, Jonathan C. Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I thought that NTFS was readable by Max but not writable. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 5, 2015, at 7:37 AM, Aleeha Dudley <blindcowgirl1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Unfortunately, this is correct. There are free programs you can get to read >> the drive, but there are also paid programs. >>> On Jan 5, 2015, at 6:15 AM, Bill Gallik <wfgal...@charter.net> wrote: >>> >>> OK, I find myself somewhat confused here; does this mean that if I have an >>> existing external drive that had been created via Windows NTFS format (yes, >>> complete with desired files) that I will not be able to simply hook it up >>> to my (as of yet not purchased) Mac unless I install specialized software >>> on the Mac to access that drive? >>> ---- >>> - Bill >>> - "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on >>> society." >>> - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gabe Griffith" >>> <gabrielgriff...@gmail.com> >>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 7:23 PM >>> Subject: Re: Using an external hard drive on both Mac and Windows >>> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've got an external drive that I have formatted as x fat and it works well >>> with both the mac and windows. >>> >>> Gabe >>> >>> >>>> On Jan 4, 2015, at 3:20 PM, David Taylor <e.david.tay...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> You can use software, or, you can format as X Fat, which works fine on >>>> both, or, you could share the drive if using a VM. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Dave >>>> >>>>> On 4 Jan 2015, at 06:07 pm, Edward Green <ergreen1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I have an external hard drive that I’d like to read and write to on both >>>>> Mac and Windows. >>>>> >>>>> I found an oldish article (from 2012) suggesting that I could use either >>>>> NTFS software on Mac or HFS+ software on Windows to accomplish this, >>>>> rather than dealing with the drawbacks of using FAT32. >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone have any experience of this and have a view as to which >>>>> solution is most accessible? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Ed >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> --- >>> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! 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