Paragon NTFS for OS X – Free for users of Snow Leopard

Paragon gives users the old OS X 10.6.x Snow Leopard software NTFS for OS X, which is useful for exchanging data between Mac and Windows because it allows unrestricted access to initialized disks as NTFS.

Paragon has decided to give users of the old OS X 10.6.x Snow Leopard software NTFS for OS X, which is useful for exchanging data between Mac and Windows because it allows unrestricted access to NTFS disks initialized.

The software allows full access (also in writing) to the volumes and NTFS partitions making it possible not only reading but also writing, editing files, creating folders, copying in both directions (from NTFS to HFS and vice versa). OS X provides, as standard, the reading of files from disks and supports NTFS, but you cannot write on them. There are several ways to work around the problem (even free utilities), but the Paragon solution is the simplest and affordable for everyone.

NTFS stands for New Technology File System. It is a file system patented by Microsoft in the 90s born from the need to overcome several limitations of the old FAT16 and FAT32 file systems (reliability, performance, permissions and access control, long filename support, size of disks and large partitions).

The problem of non-write support for NTFS is not to be attributed to Apple but to Microsoft: the Redmond has never made public the specifications of NTFS, making it, in effect, a closed, proprietary file system. Various ways have been tried by programmers around the world to gain read / write access to NTFS. The vast majority of solutions available also in Linux are derived from reverse engineering processes but are often complicated and not easy to install.

The supported file systems with the utility in question are those from Windows NT 3.1 to Windows 8.1 (NTFS versions 1.2, 3.0 and 3.1). Paragon NTFS for higher versions of OS X (from 10.7.x and later) is sold at about $ 20.

Download : Paragon NTFS for OS X – Free