External Harddrive

shattyfattmas · shattyfattmas #1 (**permalink**)

03-01-2009, 05:18 PM

I Recently ordered a Macbook pro for college. I currently mostly use Pc, and I have a Seagate External that's formatted to NTFS. Is there anyway that I can get the thing to work, read and write between the Macbook and my Pc? Reformatting would be near impossible considering the size and amount of files on the External, and no place big enough to dump them. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

vansmith · vansmith #2 (**permalink**)

03-01-2009, 05:21 PM

I've never used it personally but you may want to look into ntfs-3g. It should let you use your external NTFS formatted HD w/o formatting it.

bobtomay · bobtomay #3 (**permalink**)

03-01-2009, 05:31 PM

Installing ntfs-3g and MacFuse can be a royal pita if you're not familiar with the command line. Paragon's NTFS for Mac is a good alternative.

chscag · chscag #4 (**permalink**)

03-01-2009, 08:16 PM

Paragon just released a new version of their NTFS for Mac OS X. The latest version (7) also includes Mac browser so now you can go both ways. I highly recommend it and at $39.95 it's a bargain.

Regards.

bobtomay · bobtomay #5 (**permalink**)

03-01-2009, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chscag

Paragon just released a new version of their NTFS for Mac OS X. The latest version (7) also includes Mac browser so now you can go both ways. I highly recommend it and at $39.95 it's a bargain.

Regards.

Noticed that when I checked out the link today - that looks pretty sweet.

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shattyfattmas #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 01, 2009 Posts: 2	03-01-2009, 05:18 PM I Recently ordered a Macbook pro for college. I currently mostly use Pc, and I have a Seagate External that's formatted to NTFS. Is there anyway that I can get the thing to work, read and write between the Macbook and my Pc? Reformatting would be near impossible considering the size and amount of files on the External, and no place big enough to dump them. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
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vansmith #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 19, 2008 Location: Ottawa Posts: 15,289 Mac Specs: 2012 13" MBP (2.5 i5, 8GB)	03-01-2009, 05:21 PM I've never used it personally but you may want to look into ntfs-3g. It should let you use your external NTFS formatted HD w/o formatting it.
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chscag #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 31,974 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	03-01-2009, 08:16 PM Paragon just released a new version of their NTFS for Mac OS X. The latest version (7) also includes Mac browser so now you can go both ways. I highly recommend it and at $39.95 it's a bargain. Regards.
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