External USB hard drive question

jt1968

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I'm trying to copy the contents of an external USB hard drive that is formatted in Mac OS-X to another external USB hard drive that is formatted for Windows NTFS, so that I can transfer some files to the PC.

Is there a way to do this? I've been unsuccessful in getting the Mac to read the HTFS disk, and the PC will not read the OS-X disk.

Thanks in advance for any info/help.
 
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You can read NTFS from your Mac but can't write to it without a driver. The only one we recommend is Paragon NTFS from Paragon Software. $19.95.
 
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Unless you need NTFS, you may be able to use ExFAT. But if NTFS is a must, then the driver from Paragon is the way to go.
 

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