Such as backup in case something goes wrong. TechRepublic does state that care should be taken if you decide to use there information to open native support for NTFS on Mac's.

I hope this has given you some help in your search? command I am running Fedora 4, and I have an external hard drive and I format it to vfat. So depending on the need and frequency a thumb drive formatted in exFAT to transfer from PC to Mac or vice versa sounds like would work best for you. Rename the Documents folder on the Mac to Documents-old. Then double click on Utilities icon, which will appear at the screen along other applications you have installed in your computer. Go to finder window in your Mac, and then click on Applications at the left hand side of your screen. The main reason to format NTFS on PC's is it give more security and other functions that exFAT or other FAT version does not give. Follow the similar procedure that is used in formatting the FAT32 above. Here is the link: I transfer from both systems and have found that exFAT works just fine for me. How to enable NTFS write support natively for OS X. There is another option, but requires you to add permissions in the Terminal in Mac to allow Write access to formatted NTFS drives. A work around is to use exFAT, which works on both PC and Mac's and does not have a file size limitation. FAT 16 has a file size limitation and FAT 32 doesn't. By default all external drives sold in the US, except for those specifically stated are formatted for a particular system are factory formatted in FAT 16 or 32.

Format to ntfs on mac