Introduction To Tuxera Ntfs For Mac

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TUXERA NTFS for Mac USER GUIDE

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Index
1. Introduction to Tuxera NTFS for Mac.................................................................................................................. 3
1.1 What is a file system driver?........................................................................................................................... 3
1.2 How does it work?............................................................................................................................................. 3
2. Installation................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Installing Tuxera NTFS for Mac...................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Uninstalling Tuxera NTFS for Mac................................................................................................................ 5
3. Using Tuxera NTFS for Mac..................................................................................................................................... 6
3.1 Mounting and unmounting NTFS volumes............................................................................................. 6
3.2 Creating NTFS file systems............................................................................................................................. 6
3.2.1 Formatting an existing volume as NTFS.......................................................................................... 6
3.2.2 Repartitioning a disk with NTFS partitions..................................................................................... 7
3.2.3 Creating an NTFS disk image............................................................................................................... 7
3.3 Checking and repairing NTFS file systems............................................................................................... 7
4. Customizing Tuxera NTFS for Mac....................................................................................................................... 8
4.1 Disable Tuxera NTFS for Mac......................................................................................................................... 8
4.1.1 Globally........................................................................................................................................................ 8
4.1.2 For a volume.............................................................................................................................................. 9
4.2 Disable caching.................................................................................................................................................. 9
4.2.1 Globally........................................................................................................................................................ 9
4.2.2 For a volume.............................................................................................................................................. 9
4.3 Enable debug logging.................................................................................................................................. 10
4.4 Always mount unclean volumes............................................................................................................... 10
4.5 Disable recovery dialog for hibernated volumes................................................................................ 10
4.6 Disable filename normalization................................................................................................................. 10
4.6.1 For a volume............................................................................................................................................ 11
4.7 Store extended attributes