How to Use an NTFS Drive on a Mac

I recently found myself wanting to know how to use an NTFS drive on a Mac—particularly as I’ve been working occasionally from a PC. As it turns out, it’s possible to read AND write to an NTFS drive from a Mac and in this video I’ll show you how.

00:00 - The Argument
01:45 - Why NTFS?
03:43 - NTFS for Mac
05:10 - Conclusion

#ntfs #mac

[jippalippa]

I remember this used to be a HUGE problem about 12-13 years ago when I started working.
Then I discovered exFAT, and it was a revelation.
Such a useful format.

[DiegoPereyra]

Cool video, great production and very funny, the information is great and well delivered, great work man...!
Keep it up, you have talent...!!!

[tinrobit]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! x2 for the set app thing and you saved so much stress on my external nas.

[petergagiano]

Is there any performance improvement or degradation in file transfer rate using NTFS?

[luciano.armani]

it doesnt work properly on newer m1 macs with the latest OS tho =(

[DerikTran]

How do I permanently move all my NTFS files to an Mac compatible HD format quickly? I have over 2 TB worth

[ItsMe-hxsl]

My LG OLED TV only reads NTFS and I have only a Mac. Big problem

[nikolaa.]

I can't even see the NTFS drive on a mac, not even in the mount. Nowhere to be seen. Also, I don't need another subscription just to read the NTFS drive. Hating on every company that's pushing ongoing fees. Does anyone else know another workaround ?

[tiptop]

I use paragon on mac for ntfa and on pc for afps… it works fine

[johnsoxo]

I loved the argument part of this video. Well scripted. Well acted. Great camera work. I enjoyed it a lot. Makes me wonder if you should be creating a YouTube scripted show like this because I really could watch more of that type of content.

[ryanharris]

everytime i got to set permissions for staff and everyone on my ntfs drive on mac to read and write. it quickly reverts back to read.

[truebro]

amazing. So I can't do this for free? What's the fucking point

[petergagiano]

O I should have asked the most critical question. Does it improve the mounting as I have 6Tb Drive that takes 24 minutes to mount.🤔

[jeremypope-levison]

So how reliable would this be if I am switching from PC to Mac, and my external RAID (DAS not NAS), is formatted as NTFS. Would I eventually want to change it, or could I just keep it? Only archival usually, barely ever use it to work off of. For an M2 Mac Studio Ultra.

[PabloContrerasFotoviajante]

Cool vídeo! I've just bought a MacBook pro m1 pro and it's not recognizing my external drives (formatted as exfat).
I tried seagate paragon software and nothing happens...
Do you think it's a M1 compatibility thing? Does this software has a better chance?
Thanks

[PhilChandlerArts]

So... there's no way to convert this without paying for a program? :-/

[richard]

I plan to switch from Windows to Mac; can I plug my NTFS external HDD into a Mac and transfer the files to a Mac external drive? I need to know before I spens lots of money on a Mac system. Thanks.

[NinPossible]

I used to use Mounty for NTFS all the time. It's free and tiny. Drag and drop the files and that's it. Then Ventura killed it! :(

Now I have to use Windows on the VM to transfer the files. Sure my external HDD is exFat but other people don't do that.

[angrydonut]

f**k apple :3 making my day a hell for such a simple task.

[ValentinKossenko]

Does it also work with BitLocker protected NTFS drives?