I am planing on sharing a external hard drive between Mac and PC and I need full RW access. My plan is to use Parigon NTFS. How safe is this, I heard that using NTFS on Mac can cause data corruption but this may just apply to free version.
Will Paragon NTFS corrupt my data - how safe is it?
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Paragon NTFS is perfectly safe to use. I use it myself and so do lots of other folks who share data because of dual booting or having both a Mac and PC.
It's the free version of NTFS 3G which should be avoided as it has been known to cause corruption.
It's the free version of NTFS 3G which should be avoided as it has been known to cause corruption.
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Seconded, I have used Paragon for a while now with not so much as a hiccup, and as chscag says I have also heard alot of reports about the free versions of such software causing corruption and data loss.
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Yeah go for the latest as it will have all the updates with it.
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