NTFS drive is read only when connected to Macbook

[babis]

Hi all,

I'm new to Macs and I have an external drive connected to my macbook. However, I can't seem to be able to write anything on the disk. I check the properties and says I only have "read only" access.

Any ideas? Is this a setting I can change or am I stuck not being able to edit my harddrive?

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

unless you use MacFUSE and NTFS-3g (i wouldn't, it's still buggy), you can't write to NTFS drives.

[asmit]

  The_Decryptor said:

unless you use MacFUSE and NTFS-3g (i wouldn't, it's still buggy), you can't write to NTFS drives.

sweet...thanks! I was wondering the same thing!

[babis]

Thanks The_Decryptor

[Lenny]

Is there a format both MacOSX and Windows can read and write to? I have a 300GB external so FAT32 is out of the question.

[stezo2k]

  Lenny said:

Is there a format both MacOSX and Windows can read and write to? I have a 300GB external so FAT32 is out of the question.

how about partitioning?

[Dav-id]

You could do it through windows via parallels...

[RaisinCain]

^ U can format it Fat32 using the drive makers software (my external 160GB Western Digital came formatted Fat32).

[Guest jgrodri]

you can format it with HFS+ and install macdrive on your windows partition. It will set you back 50 bucks but i think its worth it... has worked perfectly for me.

Edited January 25, 2007 by jgrodri

[Xtreme $niper]

I have a 250gig drive, I have 30 something in FAT32, 120 or so in HFS+ and another 100 something as NTFS. All the flavours! For no good reason. =P

[Southern Patriot]

  Lenny said:

Is there a format both MacOSX and Windows can read and write to? I have a 300GB external so FAT32 is out of the question.

FAT32 is not out of the question. You can format the drive as FAT32 from OS X, you just can't do it from Windows. You still have the same restrictions on file sizes though (nothing over 4GB).

[Narlzac85]

I usually only use fat32 as the go-between for different OS's, but not as permanent storage. Too primative for my tastes. I would leave most of the drive in NTFS if you use windows alot, or HFS+ if you use your mac more. If you plan to use files larger than 4GB (DVD images?) You're just going to have to pick a side until you're done working on it.

The best solution in my opinion is to format the entire drive to whatever you use most and access over network for the other PC. This negates the whole issue as long as you have 2 computers.

[Ashiaveli]

i've been using macfuse for a while and its perfect :)