The thing you need to know is that if you have an external hard drive, which is in the NTFS file format, you cannot use it interchangeably on your Windows and Apple systems simultaneously. The same would also have been inconsistent with Apple’s philosophy of promoting cross-platform functionalities. NTFS or New File Technology System is proprietary software owned by Microsoft.įrom 1993, it has been the chosen file system for maintaining, reading, and editing data on external hard drives, pen drives, and memory cards.įor Apple to start using the same in the new macOS Big Sur would mean paying a hefty license fee to Microsoft.
On news MacBook Air, MacBook Pro or Mac mini with Apple silicon M1 chip, some people even can't see their NTFS files on Mac even though NTFS drive can be opened. You still get the same read-option, but no writing is allowed. The same has been carried forward to the new macOS 11, Big Sur. While the macOS allowed for reading the files, any editions, renaming, deleting of files was not allowed. Older Apple macOS users will attest to the fact that you cannot write NTFS files on your systems. Why You Cannot Read-Write NTFS Files to MacOS Big Sur? In this article, we are going to help users to enable NTFS Read-Write Support in macOS Big Sur. However, one thing, which still has evaded users of macOS Big Sur is the non-compatibility with NTFS Files. The macOS 11 Big Sur will also be available for older MacBook Air and Pro who have the Intel Chips. Together with the at-home developed new M1 Chip, it promises to set performance and efficiency benchmarks.
It promised a great interactive and engaging experience for users. The new and improved macOS 11, has been released under the Big Sur name. The older macOS seemed dated and did not provide a user experience similar to the ones on iOS.Īpple took note of the demand and released what is its biggest update for over 20 years! For a very long time, Apple users had been requesting the developers for an update to the macOS.
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