Full Features
Key features
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Full read-write access. Mac® OS X just provides “read” access to NTFS partitions. Paragon NTFS for Mac® OS X provides full read-write access, i.e. besides reading files you can also modify existing files, delete files, create or copy new files.
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Easy to install. The driver is easily installed through a user-friendly wizard, the way it is usually done under Mac® OS X.
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Easy to use. Mount any NTFS partition like any native one, so you don’t have to perform any actions to get access, just plug a disk or any media with NTFS partition and use it as you wish.
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Non-Roman characters and languages. File and folder names in national languages, including Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian.
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High performance. Transfer rate is the same as for the native HFS file-system.
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No system degradation during data transfers.
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There is no any limitation to maximum file/partition size (but within Mac® OS X and NTFS limitations).
Supporting NTFS features
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All NTFS versions are supported (from Windows NT 3.1 to Windows Vista)
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Compressed files and folders
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Sparse files
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Files and folders with security permissions
Supporting Mac® OS X features
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Resource forks
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Hardlinks
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Symlinks
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File permissions (POSIX file attributes)
Additional utilities
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“newfs_ntfs” utility formats any partition as NTFS under Mac® OS X
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“fsck_ntfs” utility checks NTFS partition integrity and fix errors, creates and displays a status report about NTFS file system
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Format NTFS utility - formats any partition as NTFS under Mac® OS X.
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Check NTFS utility - checks NTFS partition integrity and fixs errors, creates and displays a status report about NTFS file system.
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Control NTFS utility - allows a user to control NTFS for Mac® driver behavior.
Limitations
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NTFS features: encrypted files not supported. Body of a file will be copied encrypted with loss of decryption capabilit.
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When copying from NTFS to HFS: all additional streams will not be copied, along with compression flag and security attributes.
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Hardlinks and symlinks: any link will be copied as a full file with its body, losing link information.
Known issues
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First issue (1) relates to Mac® OS X 10.4.6 up to 10.4.10 under Intel-based Macs only. Please note, this issue does not damage the file system and is caused by the Finder application. Issue 1: When trying to create a second folder in the root directory using the Finder application the first folder will take the name of the second one.
Resolution: 1. Unmount and mount the NTFS partition; 2. Update your Mac® OS X up to 10.4.11 or higher.
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Issue 2: Spotlight crashes while indexing a NTFS volume. Resolution:1. Open the Terminal application;2. Type in the command line: “touch /Volumes// .metadata_never_index” to not index this NTFS volume.
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