Can't See NTFS drive no matter what i do / install / code
I've read and read and read and read and read. then installed, uninstalled, deleted, coded... no matter what i do i CAN"T get my mac to see my external NTFS drive for the life of me.
i'm about to distroy the stupid pc a friend gave me but fist i need to get the 1T of movies/music/tv shoes off the HD.
PLEASE HELP PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!
thanks
jIM
mountain lion (latest update)
mid 2010 MBP 8 gigs ram
Can anyone help me?? No matter what i do my MBP won't bring up the drives.. doesn't see them, no error messages nothing... they seem to work fine on the windows box but not matter what i install / uninstall the mac just won't see them.... anyone???
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