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Microsoft NTFS for Mac is a file system driver giving you full access for reading and writing to Windows NTFS formatted drives on your Mac. Our latest version supports the newly released macOS 12 Monterey and is also backwards compatible all the way to Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.

With the new 2021 version, you can seamlessly use your drive between your Mac and Windows computers. This new release includes improvements to the caching layer for better performance on SSDs and hard drives, as well as various other bug fixes.

We always suggest using the latest version of our software to get the best performance and new features. For existing customers, upgrading from the previous version to this new one is free. To update, simply go to System Preferences -> Microsoft NTFS by Tuxera -> Updates tab on your Mac. Or you can always get the latest version directly from our website.

Tuxera NTFS for Mac is a file system driver giving you access and full read/write capability to Windows NTFS-formatted drives on your Mac. Our latest version supports macOS 10.14 Mojave and is also backwards compatible all the way to Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. With Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2018, you can seamlessly use your drive between your Mac and Windows computers.

We always suggest using the latest version of our software to get the performance upgrades and new features. However, if you're using the older version of Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2018 with High Sierra support, you do not need to update our software when you upgrade to Mojave at this time.

But if you're still using Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2016 or an earlier release, you'll want to update to our latest version. For existing customers, upgrading from the previous version to this new one is free. To update, simply go to System Preferences -> Tuxera NTFS For Mac -> Updates tab on your Mac (for Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2015 and above). Or you can always get the latest version directly from our website.

If you have just switched from Windows to Mac, you might be having trouble copying files to hard drives used on Windows. This is because out of the box, Apple's Macs only come with support for reading NTFS drives, the popular file system used in Windows. With Tuxera NTFS for 2018, you can read and write files to your NTFS-formatted USB drives, and use those drives on both your Mac and Windows computers.

If you don't have a license yet, you can buy one from our website. To test out Tuxera NTFS for Mac before purchase, you can download a 15-day trial from our website. Here are some helpful videos and links to get you started:

As with previous versions, Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2018 brings full read and write compatibility with Windows NTFS-formatted drives to your Mac. Our latest version supports macOS High Sierra and Sierra, OS X El Capitan, and all previous OS X versions from 10.4 (Tiger) onward.

Sharing data between a Mac running macOS or OS X and PCs running Windows may not be that straightforward. By default, Macs can only read files from Windows-formatted external hard drives, but not write to them. This prevents you from saving, editing, copying, or deleting anything stored on your drives using your Mac. The reason behind this? The file system used by Macs (HFS+) is different than the file system used in Windows (NTFS).

There's a real easy solution for this, however: your Mac just needs a driver. Tuxera NTFS for Mac is a full read-write NTFS driver that enables your Mac to read and write NTFS-formatted drives. It also comes with Tuxera Disk Manager, a companion app that lets you format, check, and repair NTFS drives. Tuxera Disk Manager lets you fully manage your hard drive and stored data regardless of the operating system.

You may find that you first need to format the external drive so it can be used with both your Mac and your PC. Formatting is the process of preparing a drive for use by an operating system. For reference, we explain in more detail what formatting is and why you need it here: -an-ntfs-drive-using-a-mac/

Tuxera NTFS for Mac and Tuxera Disk Manager work in the latest macOS and OS X 10.11 El Capitan. It's backwards compatible and runs on all OS X versions starting from Tiger. Personal licensing allows you to install Tuxera NTFS for Mac on all your home computers with a single license.

Simply put, formatting is the process of preparing a drive for use by an operating system. As an example, say you want to get super-organized with your sock drawer. To do that, you would first empty the drawer of all your mixed socks. Then, you'd place a drawer divider into the drawer. The drawer divider creates several small compartments inside the drawer, each meant for storing one pair of socks. With your sock organizing system in place, you're set up to start filling each compartment with pairs.

This is similar to how formatting works. First the drive is cleared of any data that may be stored on it. Then it's set up and organized for storing data in a way that's possible for the computer's operating system to understand. And finally, you can start adding files onto it.

On March 1st we released a new stable version of Tuxera NTFS for Mac and its companion app Tuxera Disk Manager. By default OS X can only read files from Windows-formatted hard drives leaving the users unable to edit, copy or delete anything. Tuxera NTFS for Mac is a full read-write NTFS driver that enables your Mac to read and write NTFS-formatted drives. Tuxera Disk Manager is a companion application that lets you format, check and repair NTFS drives, thus overcoming the limitations caused by the System Integrity Protection (SIP) feature introduced in El Capitan. Tuxera NTFS for Mac and Tuxera Disk Manager work in the latest OS X - El Capitan - and are backwards compatible and run on all OS X versions starting from Tiger.

The new update (version 2015.3) is now available for download on our dedicated product page for Tuxera NTFS for Mac, or through the Updates tab in System Preferences > Tuxera NTFS for Mac if you are an existing customer. In the Release History page you will find a summary listing all the major changes and improvements to the driver:

Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2015 allows you to access, edit, transfer, store and delete files from your NTFS drives on the latest Apple operating system. It is backward compatible and runs on all OS X versions starting from Leopard. Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2015 delivers the fastest NTFS file transfer speeds while protecting your data with a smart caching layer.

Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2015 offers automatic updates simplifying the process to download the latest software. It is enough to click on the "Updates" tab in Tuxera preference pane in System Preferences to see the status of the program and install its most recent version.

Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2015 including Tuxera Disk Manager is available for immediate download on Tuxera website. New users can try the software for free for 15 days. For questions and comments please contact Tuxera support team.

Hello.
I have a HDD with two partitions for backups, both formatted in NTFS.
One of them is encrypted with Veracrypt, the second one is common.
MacOS by default is mounting NTFS file system in read only mode, because it's not Apple file system. I'm using external driver from Tuxera to have full access, it worked well until I upgraded to Sonoma version of MacOS.

Thank you for sharing the error. The error suggests (as I would expect) that the volume needs to be decrypted, before the data can pass to the NTFS driver. I've been looking at the VeraCrypt reference, but so far it looks like all the sample commands omit the NTFS option under macOS (it is not a valid option for the --filesystem parameter). This suggests that the options are hardcoded and the tool does not query macOS for valid file system options.

MacOS implementation of mounting the filesystems doesn't seem to have ever used the mount command in itself to mount the disk images, rather it relies on hdiutil attach mounting the filesystem and deciding on the filesystem automatically while the disk image is attached. There seems to have been a change in behaviour from previous macOS versions to Sonoma in how it decides which filesystem driver to pick, so whether it chooses "ntfs" or "tuxera_ntfs".

When hdiutil decides to use just the default "ntfs" driver, you're going to be limited to read-only. A workaround you can use is to choose "Do not mount filesystem" under the advanced mount options. This means that you'll only create the virtual device, and do the mounting yourself. Next you can either open the Tuxera Disk Manager and then proceed to mount the newly added virtual device or mount it manually through terminal as such:

This should let you use the filesystem driver of your choice regardless of what hdiutil automatically picks. There might be ways to detect installed filesystem drivers and change the implementation to use a specific one through mount, but I'm not too familiar with macOS nor have a Sonoma VM setup.

Does this even mount with the regular ntfs driver? As the mount states, there seems to be some irregularities with the master file table why it is refusing to mount it. If I were you, I'd try to fix the NTFS filesystem on a Windows computer.

It is possible that the ntfs driver has less consistency and error checks and when it only mounts it read-only, it doesn't need to worry about corrupting the filesystem further. Though this is complete guesswork as I'm surprised one of them mounts and other doesn't.

Problem has been solved by connecting HDD to Windows, decrypting with VeraCrypt, then checking NTFS file system for errors. There were found some issues, after fixing secured partition started to mount properly via Tuxera NTFS driver on macOS. @Jertzukka thanks for the idea!

If I can ask, does Sonoma still mount it as default ntfs, and you need to do the manual mounting to get it to use the tuxera_ntfs? If that is the case I could take a look at some point if is feasable to detect installed drivers (Paragon, Tuxera) and using one if found over default.