A very useful utility for the Mac is NTFS-3G. It's a peculiar name. Anyway, the latest version installs very simply (automatically installs the required "MacFUSE" without needing a separate download/install), and works straight away.
With NTFS-3G installed, you can read (and write to) NTFS-formatted volumes easily. This is very useful in a mixed-platform environment where you want to be able to use external hard drives for both Macs and Windows-based PC's. FAT32 format is the other option (supported by OS X without additional utilities), but restricts you to a 2GB file limit, which is useless if you work with large files.
With NTFS-3G installed, your standard OS X "Disc Utility" app also allows you format ("Erase") volumes as NTFS on your Mac, which simplifies things even further.
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