Paragon NTFS for Mac
Provides full read and write access to Windows NTFS drives in macOS.
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Paragon NTFS overview
Paragon NTFS breaks down the barriers between Windows and macOS. Paragon NTFS effectively solves the communication problems between the Mac system and NTFS. Write, edit, copy, move, delete files on NTFS volumes from your Mac. Access all your NTFS drives and perform the most common volume operations like mount, unmount, and verify. Quickly restart your Mac in Windows from the menubar if it is installed on your mounted NTFS drive. Excellent solution for end-users, SOHO, and enterprise, supports all NTFS versions from Windows NT 3.1 to Windows 8 (NTFS versions 1.2, 3.0, and 3.1), and mounts the NTFS volumes as native ones.
Features
- Unprecedented high NTFS performance. The transfer rate is the same as with the native HFS file system.
- Familiar interface that is similar to Apple’s Disk Utility.
- Menu Bar add-on that gives you 1-click
- Enable ownership and specify which users are allowed to access each newly-created file or folder, along with their read/write/execute privileges.
- Save last access time if you need macOS to recall every file you access on a selected volume.
- Enable spotlight indexing if you want instant Spotlight search, and if you want to view the detailed info about volume used space: how much space is occupied by applications, music, video, photos, etc.
- Mount in read-only if you need to access sensitive data without modifying any files.
- Do not mount automatically if you want to manually control access to a volume.
What’s new in version 16.1.82
- Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.
Paragon NTFS for Mac
$19.95
In English
Version 16.1.82
What users say about Paragon NTFS
Reliability: 1.0
What's particularly terrible about Paragon products is that there is more effort put into copy protection than into coding the software. There are so many hoops to jump through to install, license or update any Paragon software, that you'd be better to either pass on the functionality or dual boot or do anything but just avoid Paragon software, including this NTFS driver.
Customer support: 1.0
Paragon doesn't care about customers, they only care about themselves and their security systems for their crappy software. I own about five licenses as I would have liked to have had NTFS read/write on all my Macs at one point, but just stopped installing it due to the headaches involved with managing Paragon software.
Other user ratings:
Value | 2.0
Ease of use | 1.0
Features | 4.0
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Sep 24 2025
Version: 16.1.82
Paragon used to be a good company with good programs, excellent support, and a good update policy, as well as good customer loyalty. Now, none of that remains. You can no longer log in with your login details, there is no interest in support, which leads nowhere, and you have to keep buying the products again and again, of course only directly from the program. No more family licenses and no upgrade prices. Tuxera Microsoft NTFS costs $15 for three computers and would be a company that behaves differently in this case, for example.
Nov 1 2023
Version: 16.1.82
x9329724 <--Thank You! --> A big FU to Paragon for continued incoherence and NO UPGRADE DISCOUNT (yet anyway) --> v16 INFORMATION: [1] It is REQUIRED if you're running macOS 14.x Sonoma. v15 won't work on Sonoma. IOW: This is yet another reason to not yet upgrade to macOS Sonoma, like there weren't enough already. [2] COMPATIBILITY LIST for v16: macOS Sonoma, Ventura, Monterey, Big Sur, High Sierra, Sierra. As with v15, v16 is Apple ARM M-Series compatible. - - More information can be found in the latest Product Documentation @ https://dl.paragon-software.com/doc/NTFS_for_Mac-OP.pdf
Oct 31 2023
Version: 15.12.78
Humph. Weirdness, again. On my M1 MacBook Air v15.11.839 says it's up to date. So where is v15.12.78??? I go to download it here at MU and am directed to the web page for NTFS for Mac. I hit the "Download" button and what downloads? v16.1.82. What?! I check out their website for ANY documentation of version numbers, especially any version 16 series. And I find: NOTHING. *sigh* I'll be sticking with what I have rather than dive down a new rabbit hole at quirky Paragon. (0_o)
Jun 13 2023
Version: 15.10.590
I'm not sure this will even work on my M2 Mac Mini. I've beat my head for an hour and a half trying to install and it will not. Total was of money - purchased a couple months ago thinking there would be an update to fix the install - NO. What a shame since NTFS for Mac was very good in the past, now a waste of money.
Mar 23 2023
Version: 15.10.590
Release Notes for v15.10.590: "What's new: • Critical macOS Ventura 13.3 compatibility fix." - - This update was posted the day the final beta of macOS 13.3 had been released to developers. It's uncertain when the finished version of 13.3 will be released, but it could be any day.
