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MajorHavoc
Collaborator | Level 8
2 years ago

NTFS support on a Mac

Dropbox backup of an NTFS drive attached to a Mac,  The Mac can read files on the drive by default, or with an inexpensive driver (like from Paragon Software) can read and write to NTFS drives. I mig...
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Walter
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2 years ago

Hey MajorHavoc, thanks for dropping by our Community to share your thoughts on this.

 

Your feedback has been noted in our system - please let us know if you have anything else to add.

 

Thanks!

  • Doud's avatar
    Doud
    Helpful | Level 5
    2 years ago
    Hi there
    Any new for the resolution of this bug ? This should be fixed….
    • MajorHavoc's avatar
      MajorHavoc
      Collaborator | Level 8
      2 years ago

      I am not sure it is a bug, but more like a choice to not support NTFS file systems on the Mac. Even though it is read only supported natively. What I do not understand is why they chose to not support it? 

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