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.
Write to Windows drives on your Mac without reformatting them, manage every drive in one file manager, and copy iPhone photos to any drive by cable. Built on Apple's FSKit: no kernel extension, no macFUSE. Free to try, one-time price.
