- EXFAT VS NTFS TUXERA FOR MAC/WINDOWS DRIVES FOR MAC
- EXFAT VS NTFS TUXERA FOR MAC/WINDOWS DRIVES MAC OS X
Or, Enable NTFS write support on Mac without formatting. If you've properly configured VM at least some folders on Mac would be accessible from Windows 7 VM. Reformat the drive in a file system (ExFAT) with write support enabled on both Windows and macOS.
EXFAT VS NTFS TUXERA FOR MAC/WINDOWS DRIVES MAC OS X
When you attach drive over USB Mac OS X asks where you want it to place that drive so selecting running VM with Windows 7 will provide you with a read-write access to that drive.
EXFAT VS NTFS TUXERA FOR MAC/WINDOWS DRIVES FOR MAC
Fusion runs Windows 7 VM for some tasks that are undoable with Mac (Wives run Office for Windows as one for Mac crashes and I do run development environments I still occasionally use + corporate mail). However I use different approach: on my MacBook Pros and Airs of wives I do have VMware Fusion installed. Paragon NTFS for Mac may help you to read and write NTFS-formatted volumes. The other one has been formatted as a Time Machine Drive by MAC. Interestingly enough one of them works just fine and it is formatted to NTFS. And my magic fairy dust is supposed to be able to make it happen instantly and while everyone is using the drive. They have two 2 TB external Passports and they want both of them to read and write to and from both OS' s. Though I am expected to answer all their questions and fix all their issues, but only when and if they see fit. The short version, I'm not really IT there. My job description at this company carries the label of "Lead IT" something or other, primarily to hold a contracted position with another company. I agree with Gary in this case as well, but it won't work in this case. Windows won't even see HFS in Explorer and if you had it NFTS, Mac OS can see and copy from it but it can't write to it unless you get the programs that help you do it like you've said. Lay out the risks - potential data corruption or total loss of the drive contents - and make sure they understand them and accept them (personally, I'd get it in writing). exFat is going to be the best in this case. I appreciate that you're being expected to just make the magic happen, but you need to make it clear to your users/clients that there is no such thing as magic fairy dust that can be sprinkled on equipment to make it work in a way it's not intended. If you are dealing with important data, or need to access numerous different NTFS volumes, then third-party drivers may still be the best (if not most convenient) choice. Keep in mind that the writing ability of Apple's NTFS driver has not been thoroughly tested, and though this will enable write support using Apple's driver, there may be some limitations or unknown behaviors with the driver, so use it with caution. This article gives a possible reason why the Macs are able to read to that particular NTFS drive:īig caveat at the bottom of the article though:
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