How To Uninstall Older Version Of NTFS For Mac

Paragon NTFS for Mac may not work correctly if there are some traces of the previous version of the driver left in the system. Symptoms are that some or all NTFS volumes are not mounted automatically, thus not available in Finder, and Verify/Repair doesn’t help. Or they may be displayed in Finder but available only for read access, and you cannot write data to NTFS volume.

NTFS for Mac 14

Run the following commands in terminal:

• sudo sh /Library/PreferencePanes/ParagonNTFS.prefPane/Contents/Resources/uninstall.sh
  (Enter your macOS user’s password to submit the command, but note that it will not be displayed as you type)
• sudo sh /Library/PreferencePanes/ParagonNTFS.prefPane/Contents/Resources/uninstallNTFS.sh
• Reboot

NTFS for Mac 10/11/12

Run the following commands in terminal:

• sudo rm /Library/Application\ Support/Paragon\ Software/NTFS10
  or
  sudo rm /Library/Application\ Support/Paragon\ Software/NTFS11
  or
  sudo rm /Library/Application\ Support/Paragon\ Software/NTFS12
• /Library/PreferencePanes/NTFSforMacOSX.prefPane/Contents/Resources/uninstall.sh
• Reboot

NTFS for Mac 9.5

Please run Finder and go to the folder “/System/Library/Filesystems”, and check if “ufsd.fs” file is in that folder. This is the file of previous version of NTFS for Mac product. If i”ufsd.fs” file is there, please delete it and then empty Trash Bin.

Please DO NOT remove file “ufsd_NTFS.fs”! “ufsd_NTFS.fs” file is part of NTFS for Mac 9.5, and if you delete it the program simply won’t work, and you will need to reinstall it.

NTFS for Mac 9.0 and older versions

NTFS for MAC OS x 6.0 used to be installed on a computer, and then it was upgraded to 7 or 8. As a result the new version (7 or 8) does not work or work just partly. Following issues may come up:

• NTFS volumes are not mounted automatically
• some NTFS volumes can be mounted automatically, others cannot be mounted
• verification (error check) of NTFS volumes does not help to solve the issue

The cause for such behavior is that some files of the 6th version are left on the computer even after this version was uninstalled. To fix this certain files should be found and removed manually. It can be done the following way:

• remove new version from the computer
• reboot the computer

Here’re detailed instructions:

1. Go to /System/Library/Filesystems if you find ufsd.fs file, please follow the instructions below:
   • run the following command in Terminal to remove the file
     sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Filesystems/ufsd.fs
   • run the following command
     vi /System/Library/Extensions/ntfs.kext/Contents/Info.plist
     If this file contains a line “com.paragon-software.filesystem.ufsd”, then this file should be removed. Use this command to remove file:
     sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/ufsd.kext
   • Clean cache: run the following command
     sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/
2. Reboot your computer now

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