NTFS to something MAC can read?

[CircleFaust]

Hi

i've just made the big switch to a MBP 13"

i have a 500gb external HDD ntfs formatted with my life on it. what are my options?


i have a second drive that i tried formatting on the MAC. it gave me different options like

Mac OS extended
MSDOS FAT

i choose FAT and tried to transfer some files from the ntfs disk to the FAT one but it doesnt really like it (saying the disk was full when it wasnt)

whats my next move?

 

[CircleFaust]

that'll be why, the file was an 8GB film.

what about paragon ntfs for mac?

are they all pretty much the same

 

[CircleFaust]

If you aren't transferring files to a PC, just copy the contents to the Mac and format the drive in the native Apple format (HFS+).

Will be quicker and you won't have to install add-ons.

my macs only a 250gb though. i've 400gb of music/films etc

 

[CircleFaust]

You can turn on write support in Snow Leopard - see my article here: http://www.markc.me.uk/MarkC/Blog/Entries/2010/6/18_Turn_on_NTFS_Write_on_OSX_Snow_Leopard.html

Big warning on this though - some people have reported corrupted NTFS volumes from this process. I've not experienced it though, and I use it all the time.

As for the NTFS-3g/Paragon software - Paragon software wins everytime. The performance of the NTFS-3G solution is appalling.

i used the paragon app and it seems fine, thanks

 

[CircleFaust]

HELP!!!

i downloaded paragon as suggested so i can copy files to and from my 500gb NTFS formatted drive. that was all fine until I was playing around with the settings for Paragon

I accidentally set my 500gb NTFS backup drive to be the boot device (stupid i know! my first mac and i'm still learning)

how do I get it back to booting from the MBP

is there a reset button? restore? or secret menu, cause all i get is a message saying 'choose a proper boot drive)

thanks