Tuxera ntfs for mac vs ntfs-3g

I then copied a file from my computer to a folder in the HD, the copy was successful, however all existing contents of the folder disappeared. How do I get them back? Did everything. It did not show up in the terminal as well. All other partitions were visible. Here is the setup and step: 1. NTFS Drive with 4 partitions. Upon connecting it to the laptop, I can see 4 drives on my desktop.

Grepped the UUID of one partition and added it to the fstab file. Ejected the drive. Connected it back again. This is expected I guess. Same here, it worked previously somehow, all of a sudden after an OS update maybe? When I copy and just open the files, they are correct, but the issue happens after I disconnect the hdd and reconnect again.

Note for anybody who might have encountered initial issues like me:. I tried first the manual solutions posted above, including vifs and the UUID vs.

LABEL choice. The disc would continue to automount and be accessible in the Finder, without write permission. I just copied around GB of data successfully, and checked some files for function without any problem.

Quit Terminal and Now, just unmount and re-mount the disk. This means that the partition will not show up on your desktop. Uhm, very strange. I will have a look at it for a few more days.

I hope the problems are finally gone. Indeed, this allows me to write to NTFS formatted disks. Apart from the workaround suggested in previous post, you can run. Another observation, which might be helpful: I used ntfs formated hdd successfully until today. It took me a while to figure out what happened, eventually dmesg gave away the culprit:.

Will not be able to remount read-write. Mount in Windows. After performing the disk check under Windows, the disk mounted normally. So make sure the disk is clean, otherwise it does not get the write permissions on OSX. It seems to work also under Mavericks. You can download it from:. You only need to run it once for each new ntfs disk. It is also important that the HD has been safely removed, since NTFS contains a flag to notice if the disk was safely removed or not, not allowing to mount it in write mode with the native OSX driver something similar happens under Linux. In case it happens you just need to plug it into a windows PC and safely remove the HD so it cleans that flag.

Looks great but doesnt work on my Moutain Lion. Now when I connect it, i see it briefly show up in Volumes, but then it disappears.

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I can see it in disk utility, the drive mounts, but the partition cannot be mounted. The script works fine but regularly my directories appear empty I know the data is there, I check with other OS. Do you have an idea on my problem? I had tried two NTFS disks. All had the same problem. I am fortunate enough to have backup disks. I am using Mavericks and I tried to execute both steps, but none worked. Total Size: 1. This file does nothing, contains no useful data, and might go away in future releases.

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September 20, at pm. November 4, at pm. Umang says:. Many many apps rely on it; it could either become a cornerstone of your business or a great open-source project. Hi, I was wondering if you had any chance to test the "ntfs-3g And if it's more stable and faster than Or if you have a more recent and more stable build available. Thanks, keep up the great work!

Any mac version above But don't just take my word for it, try it out for yourself. The software works in trial mode for 15 days, more than enough time for you to decide whether or not to purchase the software. Regards, - Erik. Post a Comment. Note: This is an important bugfix release which solves the issue described in KB Changes since To fix existing drives, please install the hotfix provided by Microsoft and follow instructions. If you have been affected by this issue and need assistance, don't hesitate to contact our premium support email address see your activation email.

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