NoviFS

Hi everyone, I make NoviFS and it launched on Product Hunt today.

The problem: plug a Windows (NTFS) drive into a Mac and you can only read it. The usual advice is to reformat it, which erases everything on it.

NoviFS makes NTFS drives read & write in Finder and every app. It's built on Apple's FSKit, so there's no kernel extension and no macFUSE. It also grew into a file manager for every drive, and it copies iPhone photos straight to any drive by cable.

Today someone asked whether copies are checksum verified. They aren't yet, so we're adding it. That's exactly the kind of feedback I'm hoping for.

Hi everyone! I make NoviFS, a Mac app that lets you write to Windows (NTFS) drives without reformatting them. It's built on Apple's new FSKit, so there's no kernel extension or macFUSE. Along the way it also became a file manager for every drive and a way to copy iPhone photos straight to any drive by cable.

It's my first launch here (tomorrow, 13 November), so I'm still learning how the community works. What's one thing you wish you'd known before your first Product Hunt launch?

Hi everyone, I'm the maker of NoviFS. We launch here tomorrow, 13 November.

A question for anyone who uses a Mac with external drives: when a drive is formatted for Windows (NTFS), macOS only lets you read it. What do you do today? Reformat it and lose what's on it, pay for a driver like Paragon or Tuxera, set up macFUSE with ntfs-3g, or copy everything through a Windows PC?

I built NoviFS on Apple's FSKit (new in macOS 15.4), so NTFS drives become read & write with no kernel extension and no macFUSE. Along the way it turned into a file manager for every drive, with side by side copying and iPhone photos straight to any drive by cable.

I'd love to hear your setup and what annoys you about it. Your answers will shape what I build next.