One of the daily hassles of using Apple Macintosh computers is the incompatibilities that arise with the broad Microsoft Windows world. Individual files often require conversion, but what about whole disks? Apple has long supported the universal and simplistic FAT filesystem, and added read-only support for NTFS back in 2003 in OS X 10.3 "Panther". Third-party software like … [Read more...] about How To Write To Windows NTFS Drives In Mac OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard”
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Access NTFS Volumes On Your Mac
Most Mac switchers still have some Windows NTFS-formatted drives around. Maybe it's an external USB disk. Or maybe you're using Boot Camp. Whatever the reason, Mac users often want to access NTFS volumes within OS X. There are two popular ways to accomplish this: Use the excellent and free NTFS-3G driver Buy Paragon Software's Paragon NTFS I've been using the NTFS-3G … [Read more...] about Access NTFS Volumes On Your Mac
OS X Custom Drive Icons 2: Boot Camp and NTFS
In my last post, I discussed the simple but confusing steps required to add custom icons to Mac OS X drives. I mentioned that there were some tricks to getting custom icons on some drives, however, including Boot Camp and NTFS disks. This week, I'll show how to customize these as well. There are two core problems with customizing drive icons for certain volumes: OS X can't … [Read more...] about OS X Custom Drive Icons 2: Boot Camp and NTFS