It takes a long time to copy files in all the versions. So pretty much just deal with removable drives on Windows as we already deal with them on the Mac and things will work a little smoother. This will save the hassle of having to deal with the warning and 'Force/Abort' dialog from NTFS-3G.

Not a major problem but something to be aware of - if you are trying to use a large ntfs volume don't assume there is something wrong just because it doesn't mount immediately.Īnother time/nuisance eliminating tip - when un-mounting volumes from the Windows system try to remember to use the Windows 'Remove Safely' command, rather then just unplugging the drive. A 27GB USB HD was somewhere in the middle. While it does work it takes a while to mount ntfs volumes - an 8GB thumb drive took 8-10 seconds while a 1TB USB hard drive took 30-45 seconds. I was able to copy files from my Sawtooth G4 to all 3 ntfs drives I tried and read and delete them when I connected the drives to my Vista 64 bit system and vice-versa. I tried both the stable and ulibio versions and both allow me to mount ntfs volumes as read/write. Functionally this build of NTFS-3G does all I need.