Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X 8.0 ($40)

Paragon Software Group announced Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X 8.0, which is designed to eliminate barriers between Windows and Mac and provides complete support of the latest Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard in 64 bit mode.

With test results demonstrating around 90 mb/sec during read and write operations, Paragon NTFS for Mac 8 achieves the speed of native HFS+ drivers and is the industry’s fastest NTFS driver, offering an efficient solution for those who want to share data between Mac and Windows.  Mac users are provided with full read and write access to Microsoft NTFS partitions, allowing for the easy modification of existing files back and forth between Mac and Windows without additional costly hardware or software. For those users working on both systems – Windows and Mac OS, the program additionally offers a read-only version of ‘HFS for Windows’ – a driver designed to provide access to HFS+ partitions from Windows.

“We are very excited to offer this new software to our fast growing NTFS for Mac OS X user base,” said Tom Fedro, the head of Paragon Software Group, Americas. “Paragon NTFS for Mac 8 is the only solution on the market based on file-system drivers, which makes it unique with regards to stability and performance. Paragon was the first to officially break down the communication barriers between Mac and Windows, and we remain committed to bringing users the newest features with NTFS for Mac OS X 8.0.”

Paragon Software was the first software developer to implement a full set of drivers with complete read/write access to partitions of any file system – including Paragon NTFS for Linux, HFS+ for Linux, NTFS for Mac, ExtFS for Mac, HFS+ Browser for Windows, and ExtFS Browser for Windows.  Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X 8.0 is based on Paragon’s own unique Universal File System Driver (UFSD) technology – specifically developed to provide full access (read/write, format, etc.) to volumes of the most popular file systems (NTFS, HFS+, FAT, Ext2/2FS, etc.) under various platforms (Mac, Windows, Linux and DOS).

Key Features of Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X 8.0 include:

• Full support of the latest Mac OS Snow Leopard in 64 bit kernel mode.   
• Fast volume transfer speed.
• Full read/write access: Modify existing files, delete files and create or copy new files.
• Easy to install: The driver is easily installed through a user-friendly wizard.
• Easy to use: Mount any NTFS partition like a native one – no need to perform special commands to gain access.
• Create and repair NTFS partitions under Mac.
• Non-Roman characters and languages: File and folder names in national languages, including Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Russian.
• No system degradation during data transfers.
• No limitation to maximum file/partition size (must be within Mac OS X and NTFS specifications).
• HFSX/HFS+ partitions read access for Windows users

The product is available for USD 39,95 (buy link), EUR 29,95 (buy link) or GBP 21,45 (buy link). Paragon’s NTFS for Mac OS X 8.0 technology is also available for licensing to manufacturers of data storage systems.