Microsoft NTFS for Mac by Paragon is an industry-standard filesystem driver engineered natively to bridge the gap between Windows and macOS. Out of the box, macOS can only read Microsoft NTFS-formatted drives without third-party tools. This professional driver unlocks fast, full read and write access, allowing you to seamlessly create, edit, copy, move, and delete files on Windows-formatted external hard drives, SSDs, and flash media directly from your Mac with native performance and absolute data security.
Bypass macOS read-only restrictions to modify files on Windows NTFS drives instantly.
Enjoy native-level data transfer rates without lagging system resources.
Protect your critical files against corruption during high-capacity file operations.
Drives mount automatically upon connection just like native APFS or HFS+ volumes.
Fully optimized for high-performance execution across modern M-series architectures.
macOS 10.12 or newer.
Apple Silicon or Intel 64-bit architecture.
Minimum 1 GB RAM.
100 MB verified free space for driver installation.
Allows system extensions in macOS Security & Privacy settings.
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