NTFS read/write prog/driver

[MrMister111]

I had paragon NTFS v10. It's now on v14 and compatible with El Capitan whereas my v10 isn't.

The upgrade is available for £10, which is fine, but it's only used once in a while, and they must release a new cost version every time. I only need it really to read/write an SD card for a tablet.

Is there a free version? Anything that works? It's a driver really, not sure why Apple don't integrate it anyway.

Thanks

 

[stooovie]

Try NTFS-3G, that's free, or its higher performance but paid version called Tuxera.

Or just format that SD card as ExFAT and read/write on any OS.

 

[MrMister111]

Try NTFS-3G, that's free, or its higher performance but paid version called Tuxera.

Or just format that SD card as ExFAT and read/write on any OS.

Thanks. FAT32 max file size is 4Gb I think whereas NTFS is....massive. I didn't know ExFAT is this fully Mac and windows compatible then, is it commonly used? What's is its max file size? Any advantages and disadvantages?

 

[CoastalOR]

Thanks. FAT32 max file size is 4Gb I think whereas NTFS is....massive. I didn't know ExFAT is this fully Mac and windows compatible then, is it commonly used? What's is its max file size? Any advantages and disadvantages?

Here is some information about exFAT and the other disk formats:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-file-system-ntfs,3166-2.html

 

[MrMister111]

Thanks. So using ExFAT seems to be the best then. I formated it and tried on my Mac, copied some files over and my Surface read it ok.

Better solution than these NTFS drivers etc.

Thanks