External HDD (NTFS) on mac

[MacRS4]

Now try doing a performance test or even copying large files to the NTFS drive. The performance is completely pants.

 

[steveo]

Now try doing a performance test or even copying large files to the NTFS drive. The performance is completely pants.

the app i mentioned above is not pants

 

[MacRS4]

I haven't tried the NTFSMounter you mention, but stuff like NTFS 3g is great for a temporary solution but it's not a good long term solution, certainly not if you like performance.

Some stuff I wrote (admittedly yonks ago):

http://macsweirdlife.blogspot.com/2008/03/usb2-480mbps-my-arse.html

http://macsweirdlife.blogspot.com/2008/03/osx-macfusentfs-3g-rage.html