[Mac] Tuxera NTFS 40% off - AU $24.35 @ Tuxera

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edisonAU on 07/10/2018 - 23:19 tuxera.com (185 clicks)
Last edited 07/10/2018 - 23:23 by 1 other user

I have just upgraded my MacBook Pro to Mojave from very old Yosemite MacOS, and Paragon wants me to pay extra to upgrade my old Paragon NTFS for Mac software. So I decided to look at Tuxera and they are currently offering 40% off their software.

Essentially this software allows you to write to NTFS drives that are mounted to your Mac. Great for writing to portable harddisks which allows you to transfer files between Windows and Mac.

But most importantly, this is a buy once, and practically unlimited upgrade of software when MacOS releases new OS. So you don't have to pay the "upgrade fee" again, unlike Paragon Software.

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Tuxera NTFS for Mac
Do everything with Windows drives on your Mac
Get reliable read-write compatibility for all NTFS-formatted USB drives

Affordable one-time purchase
We offer a convenient, one-time purchase of €15 (US $18) per license*, valid for the entire lifetime of the software. One license is all you need for all your personal, home computers. And all upgrades are free of charge.
*Offer for a limited time only. Normal price per license is €25 (US $31).

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  Sage on 07/10/2018 - 23:36

  +2

  Paying for software?? Just use a free alternative.
  Or reformat your drives to exFAT or Fat32.

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    Floss69 on 07/10/2018 - 23:39

    Yeah use exFat for transfer of big files on larger hard drives.

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    Feeblely on 07/10/2018 - 23:57

    +2

    careful of exFAT, i've had countless drives become damaged as it's more unreliable than the extra journaling ntfs provides

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      holybuttsauce on 08/10/2018 - 01:45

      Ay you right, plus larger exFAT drives take longer time to get mounted too (based on experience, however your mileage may vary)…

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  DaTa on 07/10/2018 - 23:52

  You can mount drives in fstab via console…

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  Goodfellha on 07/10/2018 - 23:55

  You can download a free paragon ntfs driver here:
  https://www.seagate.com/au/en/support/software/paragon/

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    Feeblely on 07/10/2018 - 23:58

    only works for seagate drives. if you plug in wd drive, it does nothing

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  Hornpub on 08/10/2018 - 00:13

  There is opensouece one called mounty

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  jlogic on 08/10/2018 - 01:28

  +1

  Download OSXFuse and NTFS 3G and your set without paying any $$$ just a little elbow grease and reading instructions.

  Instructions here:

  https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/wiki/NTFS-3G

  https://osxfuse.github.io/ - tells you more about the project.

  Been using it on my Mac for the past couple of years without any dramas. Only reason why I switched was the stupid I need to pay Paragon to support this OSX version. Screw that… not paying a cent more.

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    edisonAU on 08/10/2018 - 08:33

    Good to see you try opensource. However with the possibility of damaging the hard disk I prefer commercial product.

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      Diji1 on 08/10/2018 - 08:52

      +1

      You realise that Apple took code covered by a license much looser than open source and modified it a bit to make an OS right?

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        SirDale on 08/10/2018 - 21:53

        This makes no sense. What does it mean for software to have a license "much looser than open source"?

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      jlogic on 08/10/2018 - 09:11

      You do realise Tuxera has NTFS 3G as the open sourced version of their commercial driver?

      https://www.tuxera.com/community/open-source-ntfs-3g/

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        edisonAU on 08/10/2018 - 10:13

        Yes and it is much slower writing speed as well

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          jlogic on 09/10/2018 - 11:59

          @edisonAU: Just bought this to benchmark the two versions.

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  mr_me450 on 08/10/2018 - 07:07

  +1

  Mac OSX has had native write support for NTFS drives for a while now, it’s just disabled by default because Apple says the feature is still ‘experimental’. Just turn it on in Terminal and you’re good to go, no payment or extra software required.

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    edisonAU on 08/10/2018 - 08:35

    Well given it is disabled and is not supported by Apple, there is probably a good reason for it. For me I prefer commercial product just to be on the safe side.

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    tunzafun001 on 08/10/2018 - 11:44

    How? What os versions?

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    SirDale on 08/10/2018 - 21:54

    Apple support reading from NTFS drives, but not writing to them (AFAIK).

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  whirlpool_guy on 08/10/2018 - 13:54

  Instead of accessing drives directly, store everything important on a NAS and have a good backup strategy