The majority are formatted for PCs, requiring them to be reformatted prior to use on OS Xthat is, unless you have the appropriate driver installed for native access.

NTFS or bust NTFS for Mac is the best such software solution: Reliable, fast, and now affordable as well, version 14 (Paragon skipped unlucky number 13) provides unlimited readwrite access to hard drives, SSDs, or thumb drives intended for Windows computers.

While OS X can natively read and write FAT-formatted drives, its a one-way (read-only) street with NTFSthat is, without a little help from Paragon.

After installation and a one-time reboot, the driver seamlessly takes over whenever an NTFS volume is mounted.

While earlier versions relied on Apples Disk Utility to format drives, the latest version relocates this option to System Preferences.

The software also now includes built-in verify and repair options specially tuned for Windows-formatted volumes.

At nearly 40, the software was also expensive for Mac users who required infrequent write access.

Im happy to report Paragon has addressed both shortcomings: Its now half the previous price, and up to six times faster than NTFS-3G, an open-source alternative.

Using a 1TB portable hard drive formatted OS X Extended, Speed Test clocked 104.2 megabytes per second (MBps) read and 104.8 MBps write connected via USB 3.0 on a mid-2012 Retina MacBook Pro.

After reformatting as NTFS, that rate increased slightly to 105.7 MBps read and 106.5 MBps write.

In my experience, NTFS for Mac 14 is virtually indistinguishable from using native OS X volumes.

A follow-up test copying 43GB via the Finder clocked in at 6 minutes, 26 seconds, a full minute and a half less than the initial eight-minute estimate.

The only potential downside is that annual paid upgrades are required for full compatibility with newer OS X releases, but Paragon typically offers these at a 50 percent discount.

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