A free update for owners of NTFS for Mac 15 (and a mere 20 bucks for new buyers), this so-called “Mojave Edition” isn’t a completely new version, but rather improves upon the previous release in a few small ways. Now Paragon has upgraded NTFS for Mac with full support for the latest macOS 10.14 Mojave. More importantly, version 15 restored the ability to format NTFS disks directly in Paragon’s own software-functionality which was limited to Apple’s Disk Utility in version 14. Last year’s NTFS for Mac 15 debuted a fresh new look for the popular utility that made it easier to use, along with a convenient, optional menu bar app to unmount volumes. It may be designed for cross-platform use with Windows-formatted storage, but Paragon NTFS for Mac features a Mojave-friendly user interface designed for Apple fans.
Not only does Paragon’s proprietary driver enable writing to NTFS-formatted volumes, it does so up to six times faster than the competition – typically as fast (or faster) than the Mac’s native HFS+ file system. That’s why I’ve happily installed NTFS for Mac over the years. Open-source drivers like FUSE make the process easier and more reliable, but slow data transfer speeds make it not worth the trouble.