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Paragon NTFS for Mac

Provides full read and write access to Windows NTFS drives in macOS.

$19.95
In English
3.1
Based on 165 user rates

Paragon NTFS overview

Paragon NTFS breaks down the barriers between Windows and macOS. Paragon NTFS effectively solves the communication problems between the Mac system and NTFS. Write, edit, copy, move, delete files on NTFS volumes from your Mac. Access all your NTFS drives and perform the most common volume operations like mount, unmount, and verify. Quickly restart your Mac in Windows from the menubar if it is installed on your mounted NTFS drive. Excellent solution for end-users, SOHO, and enterprise, supports all NTFS versions from Windows NT 3.1 to Windows 8 (NTFS versions 1.2, 3.0, and 3.1), and mounts the NTFS volumes as native ones.

Features
  • Unprecedented high NTFS performance. The transfer rate is the same as with the native HFS file system.
  • Familiar interface that is similar to Apple’s Disk Utility.
  • Menu Bar add-on that gives you 1-click
  • Enable ownership and specify which users are allowed to access each newly-created file or folder, along with their read/write/execute privileges.
  • Save last access time if you need macOS to recall every file you access on a selected volume.
  • Enable spotlight indexing if you want instant Spotlight search, and if you want to view the detailed info about volume used space: how much space is occupied by applications, music, video, photos, etc.
  • Mount in read-only if you need to access sensitive data without modifying any files.
  • Do not mount automatically if you want to manually control access to a volume.

What’s new in version 16.1.82

  • Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.
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Paragon NTFS for Mac

$19.95
In English
Version 16.1.82

What users say about Paragon NTFS

Uncoy
By Uncoy on Sep 2 2022 for v.15.9.314

Reliability: 1.0

What's particularly terrible about Paragon products is that there is more effort put into copy protection than into coding the software. There are so many hoops to jump through to install, license or update any Paragon software, that you'd be better to either pass on the functionality or dual boot or do anything but just avoid Paragon software, including this NTFS driver.

Customer support: 1.0

Paragon doesn't care about customers, they only care about themselves and their security systems for their crappy software. I own about five licenses as I would have liked to have had NTFS read/write on all my Macs at one point, but just stopped installing it due to the headaches involved with managing Paragon software.

Other user ratings:

Value | 2.0
Ease of use | 1.0
Features | 4.0
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Value
1.5
Ease of use
1.0
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4.5
Reliability
1.0
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1.0

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3.1

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Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Nov 1 2023
16.1.82
2.0
Nov 1 2023
2.0
Version: 16.1.82
x9329724 <--Thank You! --> A big FU to Paragon for continued incoherence and NO UPGRADE DISCOUNT (yet anyway) --> v16 INFORMATION: [1] It is REQUIRED if you're running macOS 14.x Sonoma. v15 won't work on Sonoma. IOW: This is yet another reason to not yet upgrade to macOS Sonoma, like there weren't enough already. [2] COMPATIBILITY LIST for v16: macOS Sonoma, Ventura, Monterey, Big Sur, High Sierra, Sierra. As with v15, v16 is Apple ARM M-Series compatible. - - More information can be found in the latest Product Documentation @ https://dl.paragon-software.com/doc/NTFS_for_Mac-OP.pdf
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Oct 31 2023
15.12.78
2.0
Oct 31 2023
2.0
Version: 15.12.78
Humph. Weirdness, again. On my M1 MacBook Air v15.11.839 says it's up to date. So where is v15.12.78??? I go to download it here at MU and am directed to the web page for NTFS for Mac. I hit the "Download" button and what downloads? v16.1.82. What?! I check out their website for ANY documentation of version numbers, especially any version 16 series. And I find: NOTHING. *sigh* I'll be sticking with what I have rather than dive down a new rabbit hole at quirky Paragon. (0_o)
dfind11
dfind11
Jun 13 2023
15.10.590
0.0
Jun 13 2023
0.0
Version: 15.10.590
I'm not sure this will even work on my M2 Mac Mini. I've beat my head for an hour and a half trying to install and it will not. Total was of money - purchased a couple months ago thinking there would be an update to fix the install - NO. What a shame since NTFS for Mac was very good in the past, now a waste of money.
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Mar 23 2023
15.10.590
2.0
Mar 23 2023
2.0
Version: 15.10.590
Release Notes for v15.10.590: "What's new: • Critical macOS Ventura 13.3 compatibility fix." - - This update was posted the day the final beta of macOS 13.3 had been released to developers. It's uncertain when the finished version of 13.3 will be released, but it could be any day.
smithkaren1501
smithkaren1501
Feb 27 2023
15.10.559
1.0
Feb 27 2023
1.0
Version: 15.10.559
Paragon NTFS for Ventura 13.0 was easily downloaded and was working. BUT it corrupted something on my MacBookAir so that I as soon as it was loaded, I was unable to connect to the Internet, no matter what Apple or I did. Spent hours troubleshooting. Solution: A factory Install of entire OS from Apple via recovery mode. (Thank goodness I had time machine updated on my Mac). Paragon said it was compatible and I wanted to believe them because I have been running Paragon NTFS for the past 4 years. Paragon responded but have no solution. I loaded it again, followed all steps and immediately got the greyed out internet signal with an explanation mark going through it. Uninstalled the Paragon, called apple again, tried again to resolve the issue, no explanation, had to do a factory install of OS from Apple via recovery mode again! Paragon does not have an answer, but obviously they have a glitch. Also, some people I know are still able to use the previous version of Paragon NTFS on their Venturar 13.0 , but for some reason, I was forced to seek the newest software from Paragon a few weeks ago....anyhow...its very depressing as now i don't know what software to use for NTFS for Ventura 13.2.1!!!!!!!!! I am giving Paragon a 1 star because it worked beautifully for 4 years and they did respond to my ticket
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Mar 23 2023
15.10.590
2.0
Mar 23 2023
2.0
Version: 15.10.590
smithkaren1501
smithkaren1501
Feb 27 2023
15.10.559
1.0
Feb 27 2023
1.0
Version: 15.10.559
TomM4006
TomM4006
Jan 14 2023
15.10.485
5.0
Jan 14 2023
5.0
Version: 15.10.485
The_Blinded
The_Blinded
Nov 11 2022
15.10.485
5.0
Nov 11 2022
5.0
Version: 15.10.485
Sartorius85
Sartorius85
Jun 2 2021
15.8.243
1.0
Jun 2 2021
1.0
Version: 15.8.243
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ianjmcdonnell
Feb 24 2021
1.0
Feb 24 2021
1.0
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mayank-raj-iitd
Jan 6 2021
1.0
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1.0
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robertmanderson
Nov 10 2020
1.0
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1.0
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x9329724
Oct 26 2020
3.0
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3.0
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jayphilmont
Oct 24 2020
1.0
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Sep 8 2020
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Jan 23 2020
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tomasolama4462
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2.0
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2.0
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Rickiris
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1.0
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1.0
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4.5
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4.5
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EdwinMorton
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4.0
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4.0
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taenamkwon4284
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0.5
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0.5
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0.5
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0.5
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1.0
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1.0
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Michael-Vilain
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0.5
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0.5
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4.0
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5.0
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0.5
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