Paragon Driver for macOS (10.10 and above) This driver provides write access for Seagate external drives in Mac OS without having to reformat. Read, write and format NTFS drives in macOS Sierra. Try out the release candidate of Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2016.
By Juno | Posted to NTFS for Mac, updated on May 29, 2020
Before you are led to the introduction of free NTFS drivers for Mac, here is some background information in case you don't know.
You can read Windows NTFS drives on Mac. But Mac can't write to NTFS drives, including create, edit, copy, paste, delete, or transfer files on NTFS drive on Mac desktops and laptops. Do you know why?
NTFS is a file system developed by Microsoft, the competitor of Apple. NTFS is used by default on Windows platform, especially for system drive. Additionally, if you use Boot Camp to create a Windows partition on your Mac, you will find you can't mount BOOTCAMP Widnows partition with both read-write access either. Up to now, Mac operating systems, including macOS Catalina/Mojave/High Sierra/Sierra and Mac OS X El Capitan, only provide NTFS read support but deny NTFS write support.
You know the business, but for users, is there any way to let Mac write NTFS drives? Can you make the NTFS drive fully compatible with macOS or Mac OS X? Sure. The easiest method is to use NTFS driver for macOS software.
If you are looking for a totally free NTFS for Mac software, there are four options: Mounty for NTFS, NTFS-3G, FUSE for macOS and SL-NTFS.
NTFS for Mac - free drivers for macOS
Some Mac users may have upgraded to macOS Catalina and are digging around for an NTFS driver for macOS 10.15. But it's hard to find a Free NTFS for Mac that supports macOS 10.15 yet. Fortunately, iBoysoft has upgraded their software iBoysoft NTFS for Mac to be compatible with macOS Catalina.
If you are using a Mac running macOS 10.14 and earlier, you can try the NTFS driver for Mac below and share NTFS drives between Windows and Mac.
1. Mounty for NTFS
Mounty for NTFS is completely free software to enable write ability to NTFS drives on Mac. It has simple design to help users mount NTFS drives with write support on Mac.
As a free utility, Mounty for NTFS does have some highlights:
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But Mounty for NTFS dose get complaints because:
2. NTFS-3G
NTFS-3G is an open-source project from Tuxera, so the public can download this NTFS for Mac free to write to Windows NTFS drives on Mac computers.
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Set aside its advantage for being free, NTFS-3G is complained a lot because of its poor performance. Some main drawbacks of this free NTFS driver for Mac are listed below:
3. FUSE for macOS
FUSE for macOS (was OSXFUSE) is another open and free NTFS driver for Mac from Tuxera that can enable write support to NTFS drives on Mac. In fact, FUSE is a file system extension that allows user to read and write disks with the formats that are not fully supported by Apple.
FUSE for macOS is worth trying because:
As a free NTFS driver for Mac, FUSE for macOS has some obvious limitations:
4. SL-NTFS
SL-NTFS means Snow Leopard NTFS. As a matter of fact, writing to NTFS on Apple is possible since Mac OS 10.6 without any third-party NTFS driver, but the NTFS writing support is disabled by default. Therefore, SL-NTFS is used as an interface on the Apple NTFS driver to enable writing to NTFS drives on Mac.
As a free NTFS for Mac app, SL-NTFS has some pros as followings:
However, SL-NTFS has some cons to prevent people from using it.
Generally speaking, despite of being free, those free NTFS for Mac software have various flaws, making them very risky to use.
If you are afraid of using a risky free NTFS utility for Mac, there are two cost-effective alternatives for you. Even though they are not completely free, they can provide a lot of merits that free NTFS drivers don't have.
Best NTFS drivers for Mac
Free NTFS drivers for Mac can be troublemakers because of their low write speed, poor compatibility, no technical support, etc. Nevertheless, you don't have to pay a fortune to get enough reliability, stability and simplicity from a cost-effective NTFS for Mac - iBoysoft NTFS for Mac or iBoysoft Drive Manager.
Mac os sierra compatibility for pc. In this article, I’m going to show you how to install macOS Sierra on PC. Finally, Apple has just released the final version of macOS Sierra 10.12 on 20th September. So due to this, it took the time to manage this article. Installing a Mac operating system on PC is actually hard and is not working on all devices. As of September 25, 2017, macOS 10.13 High Sierra is publicly available for all Mac users to install. Office 2016 for Mac is fully supported on High Sierra. For the best experience, we recommend you update Office to version 15.38 or later. For updates regarding macOS 10.14 Mojave, see Microsoft Office support for macOS 10.14 Mojave. Jun 06, 2018 Mac Hardware Requirements. For details about your Mac model, click the Apple icon at the top left of your screen, choose About This Mac, then choose More Info. These Mac models are compatible with macOS Sierra: MacBook (Late 2009 or newer) MacBook Pro (Mid 2010 or newer) MacBook Air (Late 2010 or newer) Mac mini (Mid 2010 or newer).
iBoysoft NTFS for Mac
iBoysoft NTFS for Mac is an ultimate NTFS for Mac solution in macOS and Mac OS X that can easily help you mount NTFS volumes on Mac desktops and laptops as regular drives in read-write mode.
iBoysoft NTFS for Mac has quite a few advantages you can take into account:
iBoysoft Drive Manager
Another great alternative to free NTFS driver for Mac is iBoysoft Drive Manager. It is a handy Mac tool that can enable full read-write access to NTFS drives on Mac and help manage multiple external drivers/network drives with one click.
iBoysoft Drive Manager is a great replacement of a free NTFS driver for Mac because:
If you want to know any disadvantages that iBoysoft Drive Manager might have, I would say the only one should be - it is not free. But it is really cheap compared with other commercial NTFS for Mac programs, such as Paragon and Tuxera.
We also provide a table to help you find the most preferable NTFS driver:
Ntfs Driver For Mac Seagate
Now, you have a few options in your hands. If you don't care the risks and want to try out the free NTFS for Mac programs, generally speaking, Mounty for NTFS and FUSE for macOS are better ones. However, if you care about the reliability, technical support and NTFS write speed a lot, or you are specifically looking for an NTFS driver for macOS Catalina, Mojave or High Sierra, iBoysoft NTFS for Mac is your best choice.
Posted by Juno to NTFS for Mac on November 17th, 2017
Usually, when we use an external drive on Mac, we have both read and write access to it. But for a NTFS drive, we only have read access to it while using it on Mac and that makes us unable to make any changes to the NTFS drive. Under that condition, we can't copy, edit or delete anything on the NTFS drive. To solve this problem, we can use aNTFS driver for macOS, such as NTFS-3G.
NTFS-3G is an open source implementation of NTFS that includes read and write support. It uses the FUSE file system interface so that it can talk to any Unix like OS including the Mac OS X.
Does NTFS-3G support macOS High Sierra 10.13?
No. NTFS-3G is NOT compatible with macOS High Sierra 10.13, and it is an open source software with some shortcomings as below:
Paragon Ntfs For Mac Os X
1.Slow write speed. NTFS-3G often write NTFS drive with very slow speed and sometimes even fails to work as macOS doesn't have a VM buffer cache.
2.Not easy-to-use. Installing and using NTFS-3G require users to operate it with command line, it is not easy-to-use for common users to mount NTFS drive.
To conclude, NTFS-3G is not suitable to mount NTFS drive on High Sierra Want towrite NTFS drive on macOS High Sierra 10.13? Don't worry! Here are two NTFS-3G alternatives can help you.
Alternatives to NTFS-3G for macOS High Sierra 10.13Alternative 1: NTFS Assistant
NTFS Assistant is a professional NTFS driver for macOS that can easily help us mount NTFS drive on macOS Mojave 10.14/High Sierra 10.13 as a regular drive with read-write mode. NTFS Assistant has a very low price and can mount NTFS drive, transfer files with fast speed.
Guidance to download and use NTFS Assistant
Step 1: Download and install NTFS Assistant fromApp Store >>.
Step 2: Download and install NTFS Assistant Helper >>.
Step 3: Launch NTFS Assistant and connect a NTFS drive to Mac.
Alternative 2: iBoysoft Drive Manager
iBoysoft Drive Manager is a reliable NTFS driver for macOS that can easily mount, unmount, read and write NTFS drive on macOS Catalina 10.15/Mojave 10.14/High Sierra 10.13/Sierra 10.12 and Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11/Yosemite 10.10/Mavericks 10.9/Mountain Lion 10.8.
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Unlike NTFS-3G, iBoysoft Drive Manager can enable to read/write NTFS drive on macOS High Sierra 10.13 with fast speed.
iBoysoft Drive Manager is also a handy tool to manage network drives and external drives. Only a single click from the menu bar, we can mount and unmount drives. With it, external drives will be automatically unmounted when Mac sleeps without being unplugged and remounted when Mac wakes from sleep.
Step-by-step instruction to mount NTFS drive in read-write mode with iBoysoft Drive Manager Free rpg for mac os x.
Step 1: Download and install iBoysoft Drive Manager on our Mac. Kindle for mac sierra 2017.
Step 2: Launch iBoysoft Drive Manager and connect the NTFS drive to Mac.
Step 3: Write NTFS drive after getting notified that the NTFS drive is mounted successfully.
Want NTFS for macOS Catalina 10.15? Please refer to NTFS for macOS 10.15 to read/write NTFS drive on Mac.
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