Hi, when I was new to Mac I met the same problem. Assuming that every device you want to use the drive with supports exFAT, you should format your device with exFAT instead of FAT32. Ideal Use: Use it when you need bigger file size and partition limits than FAT32 offers and when you need more compatibility than NTFS offers. Limits: No realistic file-size or partition-size limits. More devices support exFAT than support NTFS, but some-particularly older ones-may only support FAT32. Ideal Use: Use it on removable drives where you need maximum compatibility with the widest range of devices, assuming you don’t have any files 4 GB or larger in size.Ĭompatibility: Works with all versions of Windows and modern versions of Mac OS X, but requires additional software on Linux. Limits: 4 GB maximum file size, 8 TB maximum partition size. Since Apple doesn’t officially support the ability to write to NTFS, is there some inherent trouble or instability with doing so from Mac OS X? If it’s a feature why not brag about it, right? Nonetheless, the app works fine and I didn’t have any problems.Compatibility: Works with all versions of Windows, Mac, Linux, game consoles, and practically anything with a USB port. Beyond that I do wonder about the functionality itself. The app itself is really easy to use, although it’s a bit quirky with the cat icons, cat sitting in your menubar, and cat interface (and yes the above cat image is the apps official logo).
I tried out NTFS Mounter and it worked as advertised, making it a total cinch to mount Windows NTFS volumes and write to them. And yes, that means NTFS Mounter is Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard only. The app is just a simple interface to Mac OS X’s now built-in ability to do this. Interestingly enough, Mac OS X has been able to mount NTFS volumes with read and write support as of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, although this is not officially supported or sanctioned by Apple. NTFS Mounter is a simple utility that sits in your menubar and lets you select NTFS volumes to mount and write to.
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