Here are 3 of the best NTFS apps for Mac. Let’s take a look. If you’re using an NTFS-formatted Seagate drive, a version of Paragon that only works with Seagate products is available free to download and use from here. Otherwise, you can download the 10-day free trial. Write to NTFS Drives on a Mac. 5 (100%) 5 votes. Hi guys so I have 2 Seagate hard drives that works perfectly well, but when I upgraded my mac to macos sierra, it just suddenly wont read it.

MacTakeAwayData Rank – 4/5 Take a run through on what a prospective Mac owner needs to know before purchasing the Seagate Backup Plus Slim for Mac 1TB. Decide what is important for you so that you can make the right decision for your files and your Mac. Use link to See the Current Price on Amazon The Pros • The Seagate Backup Plus Slim is reasonably priced • With a good range of storage capacities starting at 500GB with 1TB, 2TB, 4TB and 5TB options • Fun, modern hard drive enclosure design and colors • Available as preformatted HFS+ for Mac, with a downloadable HFS driver for Windows PC.

• Straightforward set up and use, powered via the USB cable supplied. The Cons • No direct USB 3.1/Thunderbolt connectivity. An adaptor cable is required for newer Macs • The software provided on this drive, depending on your circumstances may not be useful to you.

Find out why in my article below. Overall Evaluation A great external hard drive, popular with Mac users with a wide selection of drive capacities. Table of Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Features Overview of the Seagate Backup Plus Slim For Mac What does the Mac owner need to know? The Seagate Backup Plus family of products consists of four types of external hard drives.

The Ultra Slim, Slim, Portable and Fast 4TB (see section below) Comparison Table of the Backup Plus High Level Features Backup Plus Ultra Slim Slim Portable Capacity 1TB & 2TB 500GB, 1TB, 2TB 4TB & 5TB Format NTFS NTFS or HFS+ NTFS or HFS+ Headline Speed 120 Mb/s 120 Mb/s 120 Mb/s Connections USB 3.0 USB 3.0 USB 3.0 Size 2.99″ x 4.48″ x 0.38″ 2.99″ x 4.48″ x 0.48″ 2.99″ x 4.50″ x 0.81″ Weight 4.8 oz 5.7 oz 8.7 oz Warranty 2 Years 2 Years 2 Years Backup Plus Fast 4TB Released in 2014, the member of the Backup Plus family not in the table above is the Backup Plus Fast 4TB. The reason it isn’t included is that it is a different kind of beast to the drives above and it’s important to understand why it is different. See my section on the Backup Plus Fast 4TB later in this article. Or to jump quickly to it, click on the link to the section in the table of contents toward the start of this article. For now, here is a table to give you an overview of the Seagate Backup Plus Fast 4TB. Backup Plus Fast 4TB Format NTFS Headline Speed 220 MB/s Connections USB 3.0 Size 3.07″ x 4.57″ x 0.88″ Weight 10.82 oz Warranty 3 Years Backup Plus Design, Size and Weight All the Backup Plus drives are small, conveniently sized to be easily transported.

• a cell or a range of cells. • Change the type of control: In the Format, click the Cell tab, then click the Data Format pop-up menu and choose a different option. When you change the selected Data Format option, the cell values are converted from one type to another. • Do one of the following: • Remove all content from the cells: Press Delete.

The Backup Plus Ultra Slim, the latest edition to the family is the smallest, but only by 0.1 of an inch compared to the Backup Plus Slim. And the lightest at 4.8 ounces compared to the 5.7 ounces of the Backup Plus Slim. The Backup Plus Portable is the next step up size wise being that tiny bit longer and deeper and heavier at 8.7 ounces.

The Backup Plus Fast 4TB is the largest in terms of its overall dimensions of all the drives in this line up but still weights in at less than 11 ounces. Note that; despite these Seagate Backup Plus drives being sold as portable that these drives are mechanically based. This means inside there are moving parts and that results in the drive being less rugged than an SSD (Solid State Drive). Dropping or rough handling could damage the drive and it would be a good idea to carry around in a protective case – unlike the lady in the picture! Here are some of my preferred protective cases on Amazon.