Download Exfat Driver For Mac
Learn how you can use NTFS for Mac with an formatted Windows drive.
If you recently switched from Windows to Mac OS X you may have a NTFS drive with some files lying around. We have several solutions available for making the drive work in Mac OS X with full read / write support.
The whole purpose of exFAT was to allow easy transfer of large files between platforms in a format that didn't require third party drivers on either the Mac or Windows to read the drive. To make sense of why MS would cut off the use of exFAT for internal hard drives, it has to be understood that exFAT still doesn't have a final specification. The loadable USBEXFAT driver requires Panasonic's USB stack for DOS and only works with USB storage devices; the open-source EXFAT executable is an exFAT file system reader, and requires the HX DOS extender to work. There are no native exFAT real-mode DOS drivers, which would allow usage of, or booting from, exFAT volumes.
Make sure you have ejected the NTFS drive from your Windows computer correctly before removing the USB / FW cable. It can be done by right clicking the drive in My Computer and select eject. If the drive is an external one.
Get back to your Mac OS X computer where you first have to download and install MacFUSE. This application will allow Mac OS X to extend the supported filesystems with 3rd party drivers.
You can get MacFUSE here: http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ After installing you will have to restart your computer.
After the reboot go here: http://mac.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/NTFS-3G.shtml and download the ntfs-3g driver.
Install the driver, and when everything is installed you can plug in your NTFS formatted drive with full read / write support !
You also have a commercial solution here: Paragon NTFS for Mac, I have used it myself and it is really fast and stable. Highly recommend it.
You should be aware that the above instructions about macfuse and ntfs-3g are beginning to be a bit out of date. As far as I know there is no free NTFS for Mac solution in development.
Know that if you only are going to read from your Windows drive you don’t have to install anything extra. OS X can read from an NTFS drive without any driver. But not WRITE to it.
Consider Using ExFAT Instead
One of the reasons for using NTFS and not FAT is because NTFS can hold files that are larger than 4GB. It is also a more stable filesystem. We have another option though and that is using ExFAT instead of third party software. If you use an up to date Windows 7 / 8 OS or the latest Mac OS X version this would be a good choice if you often move large files between Windows and OSX. This is a partition format that works natively in both Windows and OSX.
To format a drive with exFAT you fire up Disk Utility and select ExFAT in the tab where you create a partition on your disk.
And it should be read/writable in both os without having to buy or use some third party application.
To get data back from exFAT hard drive, you can easily make it by using data recovery software, which is able to detect and read the hard drive, external hard drive, HDD, USB flash drive, SD card of the exFAT file system. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard is such a capable exFAT data recovery tool.
About exFAT data recovery
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Any type of data storage device needs formatting with a proper file system so that the operating system can read & write data on it. The most commonly used file system for HDD, SSD, USB flash drive, pen drive, or memory card nowadays, is NTFS, FAT32, and exFAT. Mac computer is uniquely using HFS+, APFS, or exFAT.
exFAT is for use on multiple operating systems than the other two forms, it's compatible with Windows OS and macOS/Mac OS X. Besides, it has greater flexibility than NTFS and FAT32, which makes more and more drives using exFAT.
Accordingly, more people are using exFAT hard drives, the greater chance they are subject to data loss. Take one user's story for an example:
'I have an external drive that was formatted as exFAT. After a long term use, it does not show up on my system now when I plug it into the computer. When I run Disk Utility, the drive appears on my system but a message pops up with 'error: Disk Utility can't repair this disk. Backup as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backup files. Is it the only thing that I can do now? Please tell me how do I recover data from exFAT hard drive? Is it dead or not?
Calm down. The drive seems not dead yet. Disk Utility was unable to fix the drive. However, when your hard drive appears on the computer again, it seems to be still intact with all the important data. Now the problem is that you can't open the device.
Is it possible to regain the data inside? We both clearly know that something is wrong with the exFAT drive. You should have it fixed with the help of professionals after retrieving the data.
exFAT recovery software recommendation
To get data back from the exFAT hard drive, you can easily make it by using data recovery software, which is able to detect and read the hard drive, external hard drive, HDD, USB flash drive, SD card of the exFAT file system. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard is such a capable exFAT data recovery tool.
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Download EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard and follow the guide below to recover data from your exFAT drive.
How to get data back from an exFAT drive
Don't worry if this is the first time for you to try EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard. The user-friendly design and intuitive interface won't let you down. You're allowed to easily handle the whole recovery process with only these three simple steps.
Step 1. Select and scan FAT or FAT32 partition.
Select the FAT/FAT32 drive where you lost files on EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard and click 'Scan' to find the lost files and data.
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Step 2. Preview found Files on FAT or FAT32 partition.
When the scanning process finishes, find and double-click to preview found files from 'Deleted Files' or 'Lost Files'. You can also use Filter or Search to access files via file types, names or extensions.
Step 3. Restore found FAT or FAT32 partition data.
Choose the files you want to restore and click 'Recover' to save them to a safe location on your PC or to an external storage device. Don't save the files back to FAT or FAT32 partition before making it safe for file saving again.
Are you satisfied with the recovery result? exFAT hard drive data recovery scenarios are far from what we mentioned here, but EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard can it all for you. It's designed for retrieving data after accidental deletion, disk formatting, disk not opening, not accessible, not readable or even virus infection. It supports all file types including photos, documents, videos, audio files, and more. Never hesitate to download the comprehensive data recovery software for data rescue. It's worth your try.