The fastest way to read and write Windows disks from Mac is here
Mac OS X does not support writing to Microsoft Windows formatted NTFS volumes out-of-the box. The fix is here. Tuxera NTFS for Mac is our commercial read/write NTFS solution for Mac users. It builds upon the proven stability of Tuxera’s popular open source NTFS-3G to deliver a full featured, commercial grade NTFS driver for your Mac. With Tuxera NTFS for Mac you can access your Windows disks as easily as any Mac disk. Tuxera NTFS for Mac delivers the fastest NTFS data transfer speeds you can have on Mac while protecting your data with its new, smart caching layer. Please find more details in the release announcement and press release.
Download, try, and buy
- Stable version: Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2010.1 (Latest update: 2010-01-20).
- Testing version: No testing version is currently available.
The trial version has a 15 day time limit. You can purchase the full license in our online shop.
Screenshots
After installation, Tuxera NTFS becomes visible in your System Preferences:
There are many options you can play with. See the manual that comes in the package for more information:
System requirements
- An Intel or PowerPC Mac
- Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5 or 10.6 (running the 32-bit kernel)
Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) notes:
Tuxera NTFS for Mac is compatible with Snow Leopard when running the standard 32/64-bit hybrid kernel, which is able to address up to 32 GiB of memory. It is not yet compatible with the new purely 64-bit Snow Leopard kernel which is supported by some newer Macs.
The 64-bit kernel is only used by default in the latest Xserve rack mounted servers, capable of using up to 48 GiB of memory. All other Macs use the 32/64-bit hybrid kernel by default because their hardware doesn’t support more than 32 GiB of memory, and as such running the purely 64-bit kernel would be pointless.
If you want to use Tuxera NTFS on an Xserve with up to 32 GiB of memory, you have to revert to the 32/64-bit hybrid kernel by adding ‘arch=i386′ to the kernel boot arguments, for example by adding it to the section ‘Kernel Flags’ in the configuration file:
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist