Slow file transfers: File transfers are noticeably slow. Reboot required: Your NTFS drives won't be recognized by Finder unless you reboot your system. UBLIO caching: While it increases performance, it may damage the NTFS disk in case of a system crash or if the drive is not disconnected properly. During the installation process you will be asked for your administrator password and to choose whether to use UBLIO caching. With it you can turn on file system caching as well as configure global and volume options, including filename normalization, debug logging, and unclean volume recovery.Įasy installation: If you don't already have the MacFUSE and FUSE for OS X frameworks on your machine, which are necessary in order to run the app, they will be automatically installed. Neat preference pane: NTFS-3G for Mac provides a clean and accessible preference pane for your NTFS-3G driver. Quick: We transferred a 700MB file in 45 seconds on a Mac, and the same file in 42 seconds using the Mac's Bootcamp installation of Windows.
Overall, it performs well, with speeds approaching those you would get in Windows. The software comes free of charge and features several advanced options such as caching and filename normalization. NTFS-3G for Mac adds drivers to your OS X installation that allow you to read and write to NTFS-formatted thumb and external hard drives as if you're using a Windows machine.
