Read the comments! I wish I had -- I tried this and ended up corrupting a large data set on the volume in question, such that neither Mac 10.6 nor Win 7 could read the files. Fortunately I had a backup. Went with Paragon NTFS -- only cost about $20.00, and works like a charm.
On 10/1/12, 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> > >-- >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 -- 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
