To keep this default feature enabled, tick Save Last Access Time on the mounted NTFS volume.

Paragon NTFS for Mac promises readwrite access to any version of Windows NTFS drives in your macOS for as low as 14.99 if you purchase the five-license pack.

But before taking out your credit card, theres up to 15 days for you to decide whether this is a worthy investment thanks to the available free trial.

Or, if you jump on the deal and buy a license, your purchase will be protected by Paragon Software Groups 30-day money back guarantee.

Ntfs Paragon Full Interoperability Between

Full Interoperability Between a Mac and a Windows PC Apple and Microsoft developed operating systems using different languages for writing files onto drives.

Apple uses HFS, also referred to as Mac OS Extended or HFS Extended.

During WWDC 2017, however, Apple announced that with macOS High Sierra, the default file system for Macs is changing to the new Apple File System (APFS), a file system optimized for flash and solid-state drives.

Since the introduction of Windows NT 3.1, Microsoft has used NTFS.

The problem is macOS lacks native support for NTFS: you can read data from drives formatted with the Windows NT file system, but cannot write to it.

Just remember that moment when your friend brought their external drive to copy over the movies you promised, and you didnt understand why you couldnt drag and drop the file onto it.

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Just like its competitor, Finland-based software developer Tuxera, Paragon installs a low-level file system driver based on Paragon UFSD (Universal File System Driver) technology, which was specially developed to bridge incompatibility between Windows and macOS by providing full readwrite access to any version of the NTFS file system (Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 7, 8 and 10).

Successful installation will prompt a restart, and then the Paragon effect takes place: it displays a simple and easy-to-understand application window, which can be laupanched through the Preferences pane, from the Applications folder or by typing Paragon NTFS into Spotlight.

To continue using the software, youll need to either activate it by logging in to the MyParagon Customer Portal or via Facebook.

Features Double-clicking on the icon opens up the app management interface, where youll see the physical and virtual volumes attached to your Mac, including mounted DMG images.

The application window has two sections: volumes and operations.

The latter is where youll find options such as mountunmount, verify, erase and startup.

Mounting and unmounting is available for any volume or image except the macOS system drive currently in use.

Just like the macOS native app, Disk Utility, Paragon NTFS for Mac has a verify option, enabling users to verify and fix errors on supported file systems.

Since the repair requires unmounting the drive, as is the case with a startup drive, be sure to avoid using it with that disk.

If you notice any issues with the startup drive, you should use Disk Utility to fix it in Recovery mode.

The Erase option allows users to reformat the attached volume into file systems supported by macOS, while clicking on the startup option will let you select a system startup volume.

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