


READ WRITE NTFS MAC REDDIT FOR MAC
Fortunately there is a software, Tuxera NTFS for Mac which serves the purpose. LABEL=DRIVE_NAME none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowseĪfter editing it, if you browse to /Volumes, you would able to see the NTFS drive which allows read/write operations.īut on Yosemite it does not work any more. Previously on MAC OS X, you could have enabled write permission by simply adding below lines to /etc/fstab

So you can always format the external hard disk to FAT-32 if you intend to use the drive with your MAC and Windows PC as FAT32 is readable and writable on both Windows and OS X systems.īut it’s always good to have more options. NTFS, ZFS ( Since Mac OS X 10.5) -> Read Only HFS,HFS+, HFSX, ISO-9660, Apple UFS (UNIX File System), FAT/FAT32, UDF -> Read & Writeī. But on you MAC, you will only able to read (open/copy) the contents of NTFS file systems, you will not able to perform any write operations like cut/delete.īy default MAC OS X supports below file systems:Ī. So, there is no issue on your Windows PC in accessing the external hard disk and performing read and write operations. As most of the regular external hard disks by default comes with NT File System (NTFS), which is the default file system of Windows. If you have Windows PC and as well a MAC and you often rely on external hard disks to store or transfer large files, then it could be a real pain for you.
