There is only one advantage - this method is 'native'. For true geeks, there is a way to edit the fstab system file. To teach OS X to perceive the Windows NTFS file system fully is not so difficult. And if you create some kind of document in Windows, then you will not be able to edit it from Makos. So, the NTFS partition on your disk will be read-only. It happens that you need to run some kind of software (or toys) that is not available for OS X. Yes, we can say that now everyone has the Internet, and you don’t even have to think about flash drives and disks, but the situations are different.įor example, according to various sources, up to a third of all Mac owners “hold” Windows as their second operating system on their PCs / laptops. For some, this problem may not seem significant, but for someone to study or work (for example, print an abstract or send a revised draft to the customer), it is important to be able to use NTFS media. You can copy information from these media using regular OS X tools, but write something to NTFS partitions - no way. For example, friends or colleagues can give you a USB flash drive or hard drive formatted in the Windows NTFS file system. Even if you prefer exclusively Apple computers, from time to time you still have to deal with the Windows ecosystem.
