Hi PH, I make NoviFS (NTFS for Mac), launching tomorrow
by•
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?
20 views
Replies
Welcome, and all the best for tomorrow!
One thing I wish I'd known before my first launch: the first comment does a lot more work than it looks like. Mine read like a feature list. Say why you built it in a couple of lines and end on one real question, people reply to questions.
And be around when it goes live, that's when people actually ask things.
No kernel extension is a big deal btw. Was FSKit painful to build on?
Good luck today! I haven't launched here yet either, so take this as what I learned from watching. I spent my first month here just reading, and the way I see it, a launch from someone new depends on what they've given the community before launch day. Being here and answering people the day before already counts. No kernel extension is a big deal for an NTFS app, by the way.