But editing system files like fstab which is a configuration file that contains information of all the partitions and storage devices in your computer isn’t something I’d ask just about anyone to do, lest you mess up Mac real bad. It’s just that the write support is simply not enabled by default. The trick involves some editing the /etc/fstab file which is ok for experienced Mac OS users. So when I did a little bit of research, I came upon the fact ( source) that from OS X Mountain Lion already includes BOTH read and write support for NTFS. For me, it was with a spare work MacBook where I didn’t really want to spend too much just to get the occasional need to write into an NTFS USB stick. I never faced an issue with the Paragon’s NTFS driver on my Mac. However, there are times when you might want an alternative free NTFS write support on Mac. While it costs $19.95 for a single seat license, it is the most robust solution that I’ve found thus far. In all of them, I have recommended using Paragon NTFS for Mac. If you work with Windows and OS X then maintaining NTFS is useful, and this software lets you do that.I’ve blogged quite a few times on the topic of getting full NTFS support on the Mac OS before.

If you’ve spent a while saving gigabytes (or terabytes) of data to an external drive and would still like to move things around, delete and write new data to that drive on a Mac then you will need something like Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X.

We’ve even got an article discussing how and why you should ditch FAT32 and opt for NTFS. Most external hard drives available for purchase today still come in FAT32 flavour to maintain compatibility between Mac and Windows machines, but many people reformat to either NTFS on Windows or HFS+ on Mac. NTFS is also a journaling filesystem which means it tracks changes before they happen, a feature that aids recovery should something go wrong. It has been favoured over FAT32 for a variety of reasons, with most users preferring it for its ability to store files over 4GB - a limitation on older file systems. New Technologies File System, or NTFS as it is commonly abbreviated to, was introduced by Microsoft in Windows NT 3.1 and slowly gained popularity with the release of Windows 2000 and XP. The software costs $19.95, has already been updated with full support for Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8). Luckily software like Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X exists to restore the missing link and make your NTFS volumes useful again.

Ntfs on mac os x 10.7