Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2010.1

Note: This is an important bugfix release which solves the issue described in KB974729.

The latest release of Tuxera NTFS for Mac, our high performance commercial NTFS driver is now out!

Download Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2010.1

System requirements: A Mac (Intel or PowerPC) running Mac OS X 10.4 - 10.6 (32-bit kernel).

You can purchase a license for Tuxera NTFS for Mac in the Online Shop.

Changes since 2009.12-RC:

• A fix for the issue described in KB974729, in which NTFS drives were rendered unmountable in Windows Vista and Windows 7 in rare cases after being used extensively with Tuxera NTFS for Mac or NTFS-3G. After this update, Tuxera NTFS for Mac will no longer trigger this condition. To fix existing drives, please install the hotfix provided by Microsoft and follow instructions. If you have been affected by this issue and need assistance, don't hesitate to contact our premium support email address (see your activation email).

All users are welcome to discuss any NTFS-3G or Tuxera NTFS-related issues on the Tuxera Support Forum.

NTFS-3G for Mac OS X 2010.1.16

Note: This is an important bugfix release which solves the issue described in KB974729.

What's new since 2009.11.14:

• All in the NTFS-3G release notes.


• In particular, this release solves the problem where NTFS-3G in rare cases renders an NTFS volume unmountable in Windows Vista and Windows 7, as described in KB974729.
  Users are encouraged to apply the hotfix provided by Microsoft, designed to fix the issue for existing drives.


• Bugfix: Formatting NTFS volumes failed for some people because of a bug in the formatting utility.

The development of NTFS-3G for Mac OS X is funded by Tuxera Ltd.

Many of you have probably noticed that we now have a commercially supported counterpart to NTFS-3G, Tuxera NTFS for Mac.
Tuxera NTFS for Mac builds on the reliable NTFS-3G code base, but has several premium enhancements. The most important one is the new high performance caching layer which makes Tuxera NTFS at least twice as fast as cached NTFS-3G, but in many cases boosts performance even more (see: performance comparison).
The Tuxera NTFS for Mac caching layer also eliminates the need to choose between safety (in the event of a power outage or system crash) and performance, which is a choice you'll have to make in NTFS-3G.
Read more...

Download:

• NTFS-3G for Mac OS X 2010.1.16
• Source code

System requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.4/10.5/10.6 (10.6 requires that you do not use the 64-bit kernel), running on an Intel or PowerPC computer.

The package has been tested with Mac OS X 10.4.11/PowerPC/Intel, Mac OS X 10.5.8/PowerPC and Mac OS X 10.6.2/Intel/64-bit Intel.
NTFS-3G includes and depends on MacFUSE.

Information on how to install and use NTFS-3G for Mac OS X can be found in the User Guide.
If you are having problems with NTFS-3G, then please write a forum post explaining your problems in the Tuxera Forums (or post the question as a blog comment if you're just unsure of how things work).

Known issues:

• After installing ntfs-3g, all NTFS drives will disappear from the "Startup Disk" preference pane. Disabling or uninstalling ntfs-3g brings them back. It seems that this issue can't be solved, but only worked around since the Startup Disk preference pane doesn't recognize file system drivers that are not provided by Apple.
  Possible workarounds:
  • Holding down the Option key during boot (or Alt for non-Apple keyboards).
  
  
  • Intel users only: Install the rEFIt boot manager for better control of the boot process.
  
  
  • Using the command line utility bless (see man bless for more information)