Paragon NTFS for Mac®

Four of a kind

I've nearly 2T of pics and movies on a hard drive that I use on my windows machine.

The g.f has a macbook so if I got this - http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/how_it_works.html

would it allow me to use the drive over and back without having first to format it and make it compatible?

Mac noob here.

shanec1928

yep theres another that does the same thing http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/

ZENER

If you share it from the Windows machine then you need do nothing to it except browse to it on the Mac. Just enable Windows file sharing or SMB sharing on the Mac and it will enable browsing Windows shares.

Ken

Four of a kind

ZENER wrote: »

If you share it from the Windows machine then you need do nothing to it except browse to it on the Mac. Just enable Windows file sharing or SMB sharing on the Mac and it will enable browsing Windows shares.

Ken

Hey Ken.

I don't understand what you mean?

I know I can change the drive to make it compatible with both windows and mac but that means taking all the data off the drive and then formatting it and then putting the data back on. A lot of hassle - unless there's no other way?

ZENER

If both machines are connected to a common network then it's possible to share resources on a machine with other members of that network. This way you do not need to change anything about the drive.

As the drive is already formatted with NTFS and is full of data you would rather not destroy then the logical thing to do is to attach it to the Windows machine and share it. You can share a whole drive of just selected folders or both.

On the Windows computer right click the drive or folder you wish to share and select Sharing from the menu and configure your preferences. On the Mac, go to System Preferences > Sharing and Enable File Sharing, you can select (+) a folder to share here too. In the options you can enable SMB sharing. Once you do this then any Windows Shares will now be available by selecting Go from the Macs Finder Menu and the Network option. It might take a few seconds for the list to become populated but the shares will become available shortly.

I'll post a more concise instructive post tomorrow if needs be but it's fairly self explanatory.

Ken

tossy

Paragon is the only job, it's a great little app. Don't update it though when it prompts you, as you will need to shell again for the new license, i made this mistake but just reverted to the older version.

squonk

OP, go with the Windows Share approach. It's free and easy. Just share your windows drive as explained. I'm sure you'll both be on the same wireless network so it'll work fine for you out of the box.

Four of a kind

ZENER wrote: »

If both machines are connected to a common network then it's possible to share resources on a machine with other members of that network. This way you do not need to change anything about the drive.

As the drive is already formatted with NTFS and is full of data you would rather not destroy then the logical thing to do is to attach it to the Windows machine and share it. You can share a whole drive of just selected folders or both.

On the Windows computer right click the drive or folder you wish to share and select Sharing from the menu and configure your preferences. On the Mac, go to System Preferences > Sharing and Enable File Sharing, you can select (+) a folder to share here too. In the options you can enable SMB sharing. Once you do this then any Windows Shares will now be available by selecting Go from the Macs Finder Menu and the Network option. It might take a few seconds for the list to become populated but the shares will become available shortly.

I'll post a more concise instructive post tomorrow if needs be but it's fairly self explanatory.

Ken

Mate, that would be great if you could share a more detailed post. As it stands, I'm working on a pc and the girlfriend has a Mac. I'll be switching to the mac for Christmas as well, but in the mean time I'd like to know how to do this.

Thanks Ken.

ZENER

I'll be at home later and I'll see if I can link to something or make something up. Would help if you could tell me what version of Windows and Mac OS you're using.

I've tried MacFuse, Textura and a few other NTFS plugins for Mac and all gave me problems. For simple stuff they worked fine but if you have any files with odd permissions stuck in a folder you'll get errors. The sharing solution is much simpler and non-destructive. You can also set permissions on your files so no-one can accidently delete them on you.

Ken

Edit: Have a look at these tutorials and see how far you get. Any issues just post here and we can help from there. It's easy enough so don't be intimidated.