Steve, Saying that "OS X has NTFS write but it is disabled by default" suggests that Apple is hiding some end-user functionality. They're not: there are many things in OS X that are there purely for testing and development purposes, and not intended for general use or offered as product features.
NTFS is a proprietary file system spec, and undocumented as to all the specifics. Apple cannot test and guarantee that write will work in all cases without data loss since there is no definitive reference model available to test against. So NTFS write or initialize has never been offered as an OS X feature. Third party developers may either have more interest/expertise in NTFS to feel confident to provide a file system driver, or may simply be willing to accept a higher level of risk. If that's good enough for your use, great. But don't say that OS X has NTFS but disables it; that's incorrect. Godfrey > On Nov 10, 2014, at 2:01 PM, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: > > on 2014-11-08 8:38 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote >> OS X has never been able to format a volume in NTFS format, and does not >> write to NTFS. > > fwiw, OS X has native NTFS write capability but it is disabled by default and > since it is hidden/unsupported the street-talk is that it is may not be > reliable > > if you have a bona fide need for NTFS, such as for recovering data from a > dead Windows box, i would look into the third party drivers; i used MacFuse > in the past, which has been superseded by OSXfuse; people speak well of > Paragon; there is also a free one from Seagate; i am not current enough to > make a recommendation -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
