Solution 1
Check product activation status.
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Go to System Preferences – NTFS for Mac. Check if Activate/Buy buttons are absent (if you purchased the product) or “X days left” message is shown (for trial users). Go to solution 2 if this does not resolve the issue.
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Solution 2
Check NTFS for Mac Preferences and make sure the driver is Enabled. Go to solution 3 if this does not resolve the issue.
Solution 3
Please check if ‘com.paragon-software.ntfsd ‘ is enabled for launch in System Preferences.
Open System Preferences, then go to – Security and Privacy – Privacy – Full Disk Access
Click on lock to make changes, and Allow the component to load. Then check if the issue is resolved.
Go to solution 4 if this does not resolve the issue
Solution 4
Try to reload NTFS kext.
Execute these Terminal commands (Go to Applications – Utilities – Terminal):
sudo kextunload /Library/Extensions/ufsd_NTFS.kext
sudo kextload /Library/Extensions/ufsd_NTFS.kext
You may need to proceed to:
Apple menu → System Preferences → Security and Privacy → General and allow our extension if a message appears stating that the action must be performed in System Preferences.
If there are no pending actions, execute this Terminal command:
sudo kmutil load -p /Library/Extensions/ufsd_NTFS.kext
If you receive an error after executing the last command containing “unable to resolve dependencies… names a dependency on …. which was not found“, please proceed as follows:
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execute the following Terminal command:
diskutil apfs list
check the Name of the volume with the System Role (for instance, Macintosh HD).
Execute the following command:
kmutil trigger-panic-medic -R “/Volumes/SystemVolumeName“
where
SystemVolumeName – the volume with the system role from the previous command
(for instance
kmutil trigger-panic-medic -R “/Volumes/Macintosh HD”)
Reboot as usual, go to
Apple menu → System Preferences → Security and Privacy → General and allow our extension.
Go to solution 5 if this does not resolve the issue.
Solution 5
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Enable NTFS for Mac components to load, in case if they’re not loaded or disabled.
Enter these commands in Terminal:
sudo launchctl enable system/com.paragon-software.ntfsd
sudo launchctl enable system/com.paragon-software.ntfs.loader
Next try to reboot your Mac – check driver functionality after reboot, also please check driver functionality with other devices and/or connection. Go to solution 6 if this does not resolve the issue.
Solution 6
Reinstall the driver.
- uninstall the driver (On Menu Bar, press Paragon NTFS for Mac 15- Preferences… and in General tab of Preferences GUI, press Uninstall button, or run NTFS for Mac installer and select “Uninstall Paragon NTFS for Mac“)
- reboot
- install the latest version, downloaded from your MyParagon account or from the product page
- reboot
- check driver functionality
If you still can’t use the driver and get an error that the bundle is damaged Go to solution 7 if this does not resolve the issue.
Solution 7
Fix permissions on your Mac and change ownership:.
- Open Terminal Window (Go to Applications – Utilities – Terminal), then (For OS X El Capitan, not for macOS Sierra) run command to fix permissions:
sudo /usr/libexec/repair_packages –repair –standard-pkgs –volume /
- Then run this command:
sudo chown -R root:wheel /Library/Extensions/ufsd_NTFS.kext
- Reboot
- Check driver functionality
- If the problem still appears, then go to the next step
If none of the above steps helped – Please Contact Support From NTFS For Mac 15 Interface.
Solution 8
Allow our Kernel Extension to load using Recovery Mode.
Boot into Recovery Mode and type this into Terminal utility:
spctl kext-consent add LSJ6YVK468
Then Launch macOS and execute these commands:
sudo kextcache -clear-staging
sudo kextload /Library/Extensions/ufsd_NTFS.kext
Then launch NTFS for Mac and check if the issue is resolved.
Solution 9
Disable System Integrity Protection.
as described in this article: Compatibility With Apple System Integrity Protection (SIP) Technology
If nothing helps
Please launch Terminal and type:
sudo kextutil -vvv /Library/Extensions/ufsd_NTFS.kext
Send output to Support Team. Don’t forget to attach Verbose Logs:
- In NTFS15 menu, choose Paragon NTFS for Mac 15 – Preferences. then make sure System report format is set to Extended (Verbose mode).
- Then please reproduce your problem.
- Then find the logs archive, created using Help – Save Logs.
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