On Oct 1, 2012, at 10:09 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: > I know this doesn't apply to our PPC Macs, and that this is also "old news", > but it was something I was unaware of until today. I knew that modern Macs > can read-only Windows NTFS volumes, but I thought that to write NTFS you > needed 3rd-party software such a NTFS-3G, Tuxera, Paragon NTFS, etc. The post > below from over 3 years ago shows how to toggle a native OS X preference to > enable native OS X NTFS read/write. It looks like it's a little bit of a > hassle, done by individual volume rather than just a global system-wide > enabling, but it's native, and free, for Snow Leopard onward: > > <http://prasys.info/2009/09/how-to-enable-native-readwrite-ntfs-for-snow-leopard/#more-1882>
But note the comments, more than one person says it corrupts the NTFS volumes written to...if it were just this simple, Apple would have toggled that bit a long, long time ago. See also here <http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20090913140023382> about halfway through the comments for a hint from 'packhater' for a way of making this the default for NTFS vols. (you alter the /sbin/mount_ntfs command by wrapping it in a bash command.) As 100% of the NTFS work I do is with hard drives removed from client systems, I think I'll play it safe with NTFS-3G :-) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
