

For this reason I would warn that you should backup your data and make use of the built-in NTFS support in Snow Leopard at your own risk. The reason Apple left NTFS support disabled by default is a mystery but if I had to guess I’d say that they were not happy with the current state of NTFS support on Mac OS X when Snow Leopard was released. Mac OS X Snow Leopard has built-in (native) read/write NTFS support however it is disabled by default. After following the advice in this article you can easily have a friend bring his or her external hard drive, which is formatted with the NTFS file system, to your place and easily connect it to your Mac.


These include, but are not limited to, file sharing on a Windows network and file sharing with peers who use Windows. There are several reasons you might find yourself wanting to mount an NTFS formatted drive in Mac OS X.
