Re: reading and writing to NTFS partitions

2010-10-04 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! The Mac already has native ways to write to NTFS, anyway, without introducing software just by enabling it through Terminal. Apparently, that solution works for some people but not everyone, unless they are missing some steps. Also, the downside to doing this is you have to enable it on a p

Re: reading and writing to NTFS partitions

2010-10-04 Thread Sarah Alawami
but you only have a4 gig limit per file transfer. Most of my progects I do are about 4 to 8 gigs so that won't do at all. Take care. S On Oct 4, 2010, at 4:25 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > The way I would handle that is to format the drive as a fat32 drive. That > way, both the mac and windows can

Re: reading and writing to NTFS partitions

2010-10-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
The way I would handle that is to format the drive as a fat32 drive. That way, both the mac and windows can read and write to it, without introducing any extra software on either platform. On Oct 3, 2010, at 9:23 PM, Robert Hooper wrote: > Hello allJ > > I recently acquired an

Re: reading and writing to NTFS partitions

2010-10-03 Thread Sarah Alawami
legroups.com] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami > Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 10:58 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: reading and writing to NTFS partitions > > hello. google macfuse and ntfs3g. both free apps and both will let you read > and rite to ntfs.

RE: reading and writing to NTFS partitions

2010-10-03 Thread Robert Hooper
naries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 10:58 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: reading and writing to NTFS partitions hello. google macfuse and ntfs3g. both free apps and both will let you read and r

Re: reading and writing to NTFS partitions

2010-10-03 Thread Sarah Alawami
hello. google macfuse and ntfs3g. both free apps and both will let you read and rite to ntfs. On Oct 3, 2010, at 7:23 PM, Robert Hooper wrote: > Hello allJ > > I recently acquired an external hard drive I wish to use for > backing up my old laptop. Furthermore, as I will be usi

reading and writing to NTFS partitions

2010-10-03 Thread Robert Hooper
Hello all:) I recently acquired an external hard drive I wish to use for backing up my old laptop. Furthermore, as I will be using Windows occasionally as my transition into the Mac world progresses, I would like to use it as a central location for storing things that I may use