Paragon NTFS for Mac was the last thing I installed for my seagate drive (its free if you are using seagate products fyi) so I uninstalled it but the crashes persisted. Then I created a new user account and now It seems to be working at least for now. Paragon NTFS is a volume management tool that claims to provides fast and transparent access to NTFS partitions as Mac OS X-native. Users will be able to browse contents, read and modify files, copy and create new files and folders, format and repair NTFS partitions in Mac OS.

Full read-write access granted! Microsoft NTFS is one of the primary file systems of Windows. If you work on a Mac computer and need to read or write files from HDD, SSD or a flash drive formatted under Windows, you need Microsoft NTFS for Mac by Paragon Software.

Write, edit, copy, move and delete files on Microsoft NTFS volumes from your Mac! Fast, seamless, easy to use. Mount, unmount, verify, format or set any of your Microsoft NTFS volumes as a startup drive. Gameboy color emulator. Supports macOS 10.14 (Mojave). Microsoft NTFS for Mac by Paragon Software is a great upgrade to an exceptional cross-platform utility that’s easily worth the money, especially if you own the previous version 14, in which case this one’s free. The user interface is tastefully designed, with buttons for mounting, unmounting, verifying, or erasing the selected volume. Dual-boot users also have the option to reboot into a compatible mounted Mac or Windows startup volume.

There’s even a lovely color-coded space indicator like the one introduced with Mac OS X El Capitan, displaying content by Audio, Video, Apps, Images, and Other categories. MacWorld, USA, August 2017, macworld.com •.

Features Benefits Supported Operating Systems • macOS Mojave • macOS High Sierra • macOS Sierra • macOS El Capitan • macOS Yosemite Supported File Systems All Microsoft NTFS versions are supported (from Windows NT 3.1 to Windows 10). Write Access When a volume is mounted in write mode, you can do everything with the files and folders it contains: read, edit, delete, rename, create new. Automount Microsoft NTFS for Mac by Paragon Software mounts supported volumes automatically at startup, so you don’t need to worry each time you restart the operating system or power your computer on. However, this feature can be disabled at any time in the program interface. Volume Management Microsoft NTFS for Mac by Paragon Software easily formats, checks integrity and repairs corrupted volumes. Internationalization Microsoft NTFS for Mac by Paragon Software supports all alphabets supported by your operating systems, including those that use non-Roman and non-Latin characters, so you will never face the problem of not getting access to file names on volumes mounted in non-native OS. Compatible with Apple Boot Camp Microsoft NTFS for Mac by Paragon Software is fully compatible with Apple Boot Camp software and provides direct read and write access to Mac partitions from Windows installed on Boot Camp.

Compatible with 3rd party software Microsoft NTFS for Mac by Paragon Software is compatible with popular virtualization and encryption applications including VMware Fusion and Workstation, Parallels Desktop, TrueCrypt and its forks.