This was interesting reading indeed. I also found a link in one of the reader comments where OS X FUSE is an open source solution and is being actively developed even up to and including Mavericks. It replaces the old Mac FUSE package which hasn't been worked since 2009 apparently.
On Sep 12, 2013, at 11:30 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > You can determine how the drive is formatted by navigating to it while in the > Finder, then press cmd-i to Get Info on it. It will tell you everything you > need to know and more. If you do a Google search on writing to NTFS from a > Mac, you'll get a number of responses that can help. If you're comfortable > with Terminal and the command line, this article introduces an interesting > solution: > > http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57588773-263/how-to-manually-enable-ntfs-read-and-write-in-os-x/ > > HTH. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2013-09-11, at 10:09 PM, Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr. <freethau...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks Tim, >> >> That might be the case. How do I determine how the drive is formatted, and >> what third party app will I need? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Antonio >> >> On Sep 9, 2013, at 12:30 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm guessing that the external HD is formatted NTFS and the Mac won't write >>> to an NTFS drive without a third party app. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On 2013-09-08, at 5:35 PM, Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr. <freethau...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I connected an external hard drive to my Mac. I created all content on >>>> this drive in Windows. >>>> >>>> I am trying to open an RTF file and edit, but I get a dialogue first >>>> saying the file is locked, then when I unlock it, it says the file is >>>> write protected. >>>> >>>> Anyway I can utilize this file without duplicating? >>>> >>>> Antonio >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> -- >> 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/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
