A complete hard disk, whether it is a built-in hard disk inside a computer or an external mobile hard disk, flash disk, or U disk that is convenient to carry at any time, must be formatted into a file system format before it can be used, and NTFS is one of them. . What kind of hard disk is NTFS, how to use NTFS hard disk on Apple computer, let's follow the key points of this article to understand these contents.
1. What is ntfs hard disk
NTFS is a recoverable file system format, and NTFS hard disk is a hard disk equipped with NTFS format.
1. NTFS will record operation logs. NTFS will record the completion status of the event when everyone reads and writes the hard disk. When the event is completed, it will mark the event as "completed" in the log. To re-complete the "unfinished" event just now, the user can view the recorded USN log through "fautil usn".
Figure 1: View USN log
2. Strong self-healing ability. NTFS will automatically check whether there is an error in the sector every time it is read or written. Once an error is found, it will report and record the error. When an error is found during writing, it will automatically change to a correct place to record to ensure data writing correctness. At the same time, NTFS will automatically detect and repair the recorded errors.
Figure 2: Reported bug issues
3. NTFS is a large-capacity hard drive. It can support a maximum size of 16PB, which theoretically solves the size limit of the hard disk, and has no limit on the size of a single file, while allowing long file names up to 255 characters. This means that users can basically place files and set file names as they like, provided there is sufficient disk space.
Figure 3: Hard Disk Storage
2. How to use ntfs hard disk on Apple computer
To sum up, NTFS is a file storage system format developed by Microsoft that integrates security, recoverability, and large storage space. Since it is so powerful, can it be used on Apple computers?
1. The following is the interface after the NTFS hard disk is inserted into the Apple computer. You can see that the NTFS hard disk can normally recognize all the files in the hard disk. Double-clicking can also open the file content normally.
Figure 4: Reading the file normally
2. There is no problem in reading, but can writing be used normally? Through the test, you will find that when the file content in the NTFS hard disk is modified, the Apple computer will prompt "The file where it is located does not support permanent version storage", and the user cannot save changes to the modified file.
Figure 5: Unable to save changes
If you want to write NTFS hard disk normally on Apple computer, you need to use a software called Tuxera NTFS For Mac. During the software installation process, a "kernel extension" will be installed in the computer, with which the writing function of NTFS can be realized.
Figure 6: Installing the kernel extension
Tuxera NTFS download:
https://wm.makeding.com/iclk/?zoneid=34241
The above is the whole tutorial about what is NTFS hard disk and how to use NTFS hard disk on Apple computer. NTFS is a very popular hard disk format now. It has high read and write performance, high security and is basically not limited by file size. Advantages, its disadvantage is that it cannot write files in the native Apple system, and this can be made up by using Tuxera NTFS For Mac.