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.
Hey Product Hunt! I'm the maker of NoviFS.
Why I built it: every time I plugged a Windows drive into a Mac, it was read-only, and the usual advice is to reformat it, which wipes everything. So I built NoviFS on Apple's new FSKit: NTFS drives become read & write, nothing gets erased, and there's no kernel extension or macFUSE.
It also grew into the file manager I wanted on the Mac: every drive in one window, side by side copying, and iPhone photos straight to any drive by cable.
Free to download and try, then a one-time purchase (macOS 15.4 or later). Code PRODUCTHUNT30 takes 30% off any plan for the first 10 buyers (until 20 Nov).
One question for you: when a drive won't work on your Mac, what do you do today?