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Why isn't write-access to NTFS partitions provided with Mac OS X?
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Mar 15, 20262288 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Does Microsoft simply not allow it or is it because Apple refuses to pay licensing? I know there are software workarounds, but my question is simply WHY?
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It is a licensing issue. NTFS is Microsoft's proprietary format and they hold the rights to it. A developer asked on the MSDN forums about getting a license to the NTFS specs for an app he was writing but was unable to get that information. There is…
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