nikinomo Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 i dont recomend MacDrive to use... cuz this utilitie screw up ur Mac Os partition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanThaDude29 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 i dont recomend MacDrive to use... cuz this utilitie screw up ur Mac Os partitionCare to elaborate? I've been using it for years without any major problems. Never did it once screw up my HFS+ partition. Only issue I have was due to operator error. About the only problem I could see this causing is that MacDrive gives you full access to the entire partition(s). Messing with the wrong files can lead to trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 I also had corrupted files when I used MacDrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolied Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 The funny thing is, it seems overly generous. The "bug" i reported was a spelling mistake... said "heirarchy" instaead of "hierarchy" when checking a Mac volume. And suddenly an error which would take ten seconds to fix scores me a free copy of MacDrive. I'm not complaining, but I wonder who decided that bug reporters get a free copy. Well, since most people download betas for the express purpose of getting free (if less than 100% stable) software; they were rewarding you for actually taking the time out to point something out to them that may make them look somewhat bad. I had a similar thing happen to me on a coffee message forum once, the webmaster for a large coffee retailer emailed me a gift certificate for $50 for pointing out a simple bug in the shopping cart app, like in your case it happened to be a misspelling.......... he asked readers of the message forum to beta test the site, and any bug would get a gift cert.; even though I didn't consider what I reported to be a bug and wasn't expecting anything, it meant enough to the company to reward my pointing it out, the same I am sure is true in your case. It's actually commonplace in the software world to offer a beta tester who points out a bug a full version of the software when it's released; some larger beta tests give it to you bug or no bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuXb Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 concerning corruption: 1) make sure the HFS+ is journalled !! MacDrive does not like unjournalled HFS! 2) if you have your HFS+ on a MBR HD, go over your hard disk with PTDD Partition Table Doctor 3.5 (Windows) and Norton Partition Magic 8.05 (Windows AND DOS) and make sure you don't have any partition errors on your HD 3) regularly run Disk Utility, Disk Warrior, Drive Genius and TechTool Pro over your HFS+ volumes esp. if they are on a MBR HD. Mac OS is NOT at all meant to boot from MBR schemes, but on GUID HDs. Volumes on MBR HDs tend to corrupt. If you run Mac OS X regularly or even as your main sys, please consider swithching your HD over to GUID, and you will have less trouble with anything, incl. MacDrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hourglass Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I know when using MacDrive in Windows XP it would corrupt files only when the HFS formatted drive property policy under windows were set to enable disk write caching. This I believe must be disabled on all HFS format drives to ensure no corruption issues, especially when writing to from Windows! I went on my intuition here and it does the job. Anyhow, I am going to give HFS Explorer a go for my 64 bit install. Lates'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammad A Mirza Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 How can i add write support to NTFS volumes in Mac? At the moment OS X only supports reading NTFS, does any one knows how to write on NTFS too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomazzzi Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Grrr still no xp x64 support What the hell are they doing at macdrive ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuXb Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 How can i add write support to NTFS volumes in Mac? At the moment OS X only supports reading NTFS, does any one knows how to write on NTFS too?1: http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ then 2: http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomazzzi Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 How can i add write support to NTFS volumes in Mac? At the moment OS X only supports reading NTFS, does any one knows how to write on NTFS too? Also check PARAGON NTFS not free but stablest than macfuse & ntfs3g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muitommy Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 this thing gives me bluescreen in my 64-bit vista. .. sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaksauce12 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Also check PARAGON NTFS not free but stablest than macfuse & ntfs3g Seconded on Paragon NTFS, best Mac reader I've ever used! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomazzzi Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Anything like macdrive that can be used to write on a x64 XP ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludacrisvp Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Seconded on Paragon NTFS, best Mac reader I've ever used! Third-ed for Paragon NTFS, it is way better than ntfs3g could ever have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 GotDarnit give us 64bit support...seriously, who still runs 32 bit windows lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLanteigne Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 GotDarnit give us 64bit support...seriously, who still runs 32 bit windows lol Almost everyone who doesn't know the difference between 32 and 64bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emulatorb Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 GotDarnit give us 64bit support...seriously, who still runs 32 bit windows loldid they promise xp64? i believe their x64 support will remain vista 64 only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muitommy Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 i don't know, the macdrive 7 kill my vista x64 system. i got bluescreen and can't even boot in safe mode after installing this and boot up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazingangel1986 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Nice, never heard of this. should make life a little easier sharing between my macbook and my desktop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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