- Western Digital also has a link to an older version of NTFS for Mac. Keep in mind that the new NTFS for Mac looks to be compatible with macOS 10.14 where WD’s software lists compatibility up to 10.12. Paragon Software does say in their FAQ that you may be eligible for an upgrade from WD or Segate’s older versions of NTFS for Mac.
- WD 4TB Elements Desktop USB 3.1 Gen 1 External Hard Drive While NTFS works natively with Windows, it doesn’t work quite as well with other operating systems. By default, Macs can only read NTFS.
- Is your WD Elements formatted with a Microsoft NTFS file system? AIUI, Mac OSX is able to read, but not write to, NTFS volumes, at least not out of the box. Here is an open source NTFS driver for Mac OSX.
- The WD Discovery software allows you to set up auto backup options, password protection, import cloud images and documents for Facebook, Instragra, Dropbox, OneDrive, GoogleDrive, etc. WD recommends this drive for Windows 10, 8.1, or 7 (they have a Mac version for Macs, although it is possible to set this drive to use on Macs as well).
WD Elements™ portable hard drives with USB 3.0 offer reliable, high-capacity storage to go, fast data transfer rates, universal connectivity and massive capacity for value-conscious consumers.
Ntfs Driver For Mac
I have a WD My Passport 2TB Portable external hard drive. This external hard drive is NTFS formatted and I used with a Windows laptop before switching to a Mac (MacBook Pro Server with macOS 10.12 Sierra). Today, when I inserted it on Mac, I found I couldn't transfer files from Mac to it and there was no any error message. I have no idea what can I do with it.
This was not the first time that we had heard of WD My Passport read-only on Mac. Most of time, when our WD hard drive is NTFS formatted, it turns to be read-only on macOS. All the time, macOS can only read from Windows-formatted NTFS drives, but can't write to them out of the box. In this situation, we are unable to copy or transfer files to the WD hard drive, and also can't edit, delete or create files on the WD hard drive from Mac.
Wd Elements Ntfs For Mac Catalina
As writing is frequently required, it is urgent for us to fix read-only WD hard drive on Mac. In this case, we only need a professional WD NTFS driver to help write to WD NTFS hard drive. Here, we'd like to recommend a reliable WD NTFS driver, iBoysoft NTFS for Mac to you.
iBoysoft NTFS for Mac: the ultimate solution to use NTFS on Mac
iBoysoft NTFS for Mac is a professional and handy Mac tool that can read and write to WD NTFS drive as a local drive on macOS 10.15/10.14/10.13/10.12/10.11/10.10/10.9/10.8.
Read and write to NTFS drives on Mac
It supports to read and write to NTFS drives like external hard drives, SD cards, USB flash drives, memory cards, pen drives, etc. With iBoysoft NTFS for Mac, users can write to, edit, delete, copy, paste, and view files stored on the NTFS drives on Mac seamlessly and natively.
Mount NTFS external drive
In addition to writing to NTFS drive, iBoysoft NTFS for Mac can also mount and unmount all external drive with a single click.
Repair NTFS drives
What's more, iBoysoft NTFS for Mac makes it easy to repair corrupted, inaccessible, unmounted NTFS drives on Mac, just like users did on Windows computers.
Erase NTFS drives
Also, this utility bridges the gap of erase disk to NTFS on Mac. As we all know, Disk Utility on Mac doesn't allow users to erase the disk to NTFS file system when choose the format of d disk, and it causes some inconvenience consequently. Now, with iBoysoft NTFS for Mac, we can easily erase an NTFS disk when it becomes corrupted and needs to be fixed by reformatting.
How to use iBoysoft NTFS for Mac to write to read-only WD drives
Step 1: Download and install iBoysoft NTFS for Mac on our computer.
Wd Ntfs Driver For Mac
Step 2: Launch iBoysoft NTFS for Mac and insert the WD NTFS drive in Mac.
Step 3: Write to NTFS drive after the NTFS drive has been mounted successfully.
Conclusion
You can't write to NTFS file system without an WD NTFS driver for Mac. What's more, an NTFS formatted WD external hard drive won't work on your PS4 console for gaming as well. So, if you need to share this storage devices with several systems, reformat it to FAT32 or exFAT.