


I like the idea of this driver but there are some pitfalls.be prepared to accept lower speed and occasional weirdness. For me it is worth it because I have several external FW and USB drives that contain common data and must be accessed from both Mac and Win depending on the situation. The issue is really,really large files.say you want to save a big 7GB ISO of a movie/game/etc.You need Apple's HFS or you have to use NTFS.If you go the NTFS route be prepared for long file transfer times and some occasional stability issues. Big deal.FAT32 will do it and you will get decent performance. Anyway, The site is not informative enough and says it allows you to use 4G+ USB sticks. The current NTFS 6 version is a pretty good with all the bells and whistles you would expect from a modern file system (to bad WinFS), but I doubt the NTFS-3G dev could get to that NTFS 6 level without grief from M$. Its probably because this is an implementation of an older NT version. About twice as long for large monolithic files and even more time if its a folder with lots of smaller files. It takes a long time to copy files in all the versions. So pretty much just deal with removable drives on Windows as we already deal with them on the Mac and things will work a little smoother. This will save the hassle of having to deal with the warning and "Force/Abort" dialog from NTFS-3G. The utility is also very affordable, and a seven days trial is offered for its. Using the software to transfer files between Mac and NTFS drive, as well as writing on NTFS drives, is easy. Not a major problem but something to be aware of - if you are trying to use a large ntfs volume don't assume there is something wrong just because it doesn't mount immediately.Īnother time/nuisance eliminating tip - when un-mounting volumes from the Windows system try to remember to use the Windows "Remove Safely" command, rather then just unplugging the drive. It can easily be installed and allows free upgrades for life. A 27GB USB HD was somewhere in the middle. While it does work it takes a while to mount ntfs volumes - an 8GB thumb drive took 8-10 seconds while a 1TB USB hard drive took 30-45 seconds.
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