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

  • JackSkellington@lemmy.worldOP
    4·
    6 months ago

    My apologies, I didn’t make it very clear:

    • external drives are NTFS
    • for linux using EXT4
    • basically, NTFS in some external drives because I interact with linux, macos and windows!

    For what I recall, exFAT has a limit of 4GB per file correct?

    • edit: I see the limit does not apply to exFAT! Thanks for info!!!
    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      6 months ago

      FAT32 has a file size limit of 4 gigs, exFAT was created to get around those file system limits of FAT32 and be a reasonable file system.

      exFAT is my go to for any external drive now that it’s actually open and fully supported by Windows, MacOS, and Linux.