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NTFS support on a Mac
Dropbox backup of an NTFS drive attached to a Mac, The Mac can read files on the drive by default, or with an inexpensive driver (like from Paragon Software) can read and write to NTFS drives. I mig...
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Any new for the resolution of this bug ? This should be fixedâŠ.
Any new for the resolution of this bug ? This should be fixedâŠ.
I am not sure it is a bug, but more like a choice to not support NTFS file systems on the Mac. Even though it is read only supported natively. What I do not understand is why they chose to not support it?
Dropbox Backup FAQ page: https://help.dropbox.com/organize/dropbox-backup-faq
"What types of external hard drives are supported for Dropbox Backup?
On macOS: HFS+, APFS, exFAT, FAT32."
It seems that NTFS external hard drives are still not supported.
AFAIK, NTFS is a proprietary file system developed by Microsoft. macOS doesnât support writing to NTFS natively, but there are third-party tools such as iBoysoft NTFS for Mac, Mounty, and other apps that allow macOS to interact with NTFS drives more fully. With these tools, you can write to NTFS-formatted drives, including tasks like copying files to them, installing software, downloading files, etc.
As a workaround, you can copy your existing files from your 12 TB NTFS drive to your Mac, then reformat the drive to HFS+ or APFS. Alternatively, you can copy the files you need from Dropbox to your Mac and then move them to the NTFS drive using an NTFS for Mac driver.
