Hello everyone,
Sorry if this was previously discussed. I searched through the web and could not find a clear solution / conclusion (all too generic).
When I had an intel mac, I was able to use 3rd party apps to read, write and format NTFS drives.
Right now, I cannot do so without disabling security features, since Apple Silicon macs no longer allow the use of kext kernel extensions the same way as before. I checked FUSE stuff but it seems unstable.
Every 3rd party app I tried has the same issue. Isn’t there ANY other software, program, etc that allows read/write in NTFS drives without disabling security parameters (on the boot menus)?
If it is not possible, it looks like a shortcoming for those that use more than 1 OS… I have backups in NTFS drives since I also use linux.
Any idea? Kind of bummed with this… I need to export a lot of stuff and FAT* filesystem formats do not meet the requirements as well (due to max file size).
Thank you in advance!!! JS
This is probably a bit overkill and not exactly straightforward but you could set up Windows in a virtual machine and go between those. I bought a Windows 11 Pro license on Groupon for $24. Parallels was the more expensive part of the equation, but you can set up file shares between the virtual machine and physical machine, or I think even configure Parallels to just let all files in both systems be accessible to both systems.
I’m a bit confused why you’re using NTFS on Linux, as there are a multitude of alternative options on file systems for Linux.
Nevertheless. You could try one of the following:
- Try using a virtual Windows environment such als Parallels or VirtualBox or qemu to boot up a Windows installation and copy/edit your files from there.
- If the requirement for NTFS is not mission critical, reformat your drives to exFAT, which is very well supported across Linux, Windos, macOS, and iOS/iPadOS. It should meet all your requirements
