Apple macOS can read the Windows-formatted NTFS drives, however, they cannot be able to write them out of the box. To Read/Write the Western Digital (WD) NTFS formatted file without reformatting it with exFAT, you must install the Paragon NTFS Driver for Mac. NTFS drives are generally reformatted with exFAT, to access it on the macOS and Windows. Mounty is using the Apple kernel driver. It allows read/write mount of NTFS drives only with the 'nobrowse' option. The mount point becomes hidden and disappears from Desktop and Finder menu. To make it easier to re-locate the drive I have added the 'Show in Finder' option in Mounty menu. Install and run Hasleo NTFS for Mac, select the NTFS drive you want to access from Mac's Status Bar, then click 'Mount'. Read & Write Files on the Drive After the drive is successfully mounted, you can access the drive like a Mac's native drive, such as read, write, copy, delete files, etc. Microsoft NTFS for Mac by Paragon Software provides blazing fast, unlimited read/write access to Microsoft NTFS hard drives, SSDs or thumb drives formatted for Windows computers! A no-brainer upgrade for those installing macOS 10.14 Mojave, Paragon NTFS for Mac remains the best cross-platform utility money can buy, especially now that it plays nice with Apple’s new dark mode.
We know that on Mac computers, we can only read NTFS volumes and cannot write data to it, this is because the Mac operating system does not enable NTFS write feature by default. Hasleo NTFS for Mac is a software designed to full read and write access to NTFS volumes on Mac, so you can use it to full read and write access to NTFS drives in Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina.
Tutorial to full read & write access to NTFS drives in Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina.
Step 1. Download, install and run Hasleo NTFS for Mac.
Step 2. Click on the icon on the Mac's status bar and select the NTFS drive you want to access from the pop-up menu, then click 'Mount'.
Notes: If an NTFS volume has been automatically mounted by Mac as read-only, you need to eject it and then re-mount it using Hasleo NTFS for Mac before you can full read-write access to it.
Step 3. When the operation completes successfully, the drive has been successfully mounted and you can see the icon of the driver on your Mac's desktop.
Step 4. Click on the icon on your Mac's desktop to open the drive, now you can access the NTFS drive like a Mac's native drive, such as read, write, copy, delete files, etc.
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As mentioned above, you can use Hasleo NTFS For Mac to mount NTFS drives and then full read and write access to NTFS drives in Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina.
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