“Damaged Bundle” Error When Trying To Launch NTFS For Mac Preference Pane

Scenario

You launch NTFS for Mac preference pane, and get the following error:

“The bundle is damaged or missing necessary resources. Please try reinstalling the bundle.”

Solution

1. Open Finder -> Applications -> Utilities
2. Double-click the Console item
3. In the left part of the Console window, select system.log in the Files section
4. Make the error message appear again. See what appears in system.log:

Can’t load /Library/Extensions/ufsd_NTFS.kext – authentication problems.

kext with identifier com.paragon-software.filesystems.ntfs loaded: false

Please enter the following command in Terminal:

sudo chown -R root:wheel /Library/Extensions/ufsd_NTFS.kext

Can’t load /Library/Extensions/ufsd_NTFS.kext – no code for running kernel’s architecture.

Please enter the following commands in Terminal:

uname -a
sudo kextutil -v 6 /Library/Extensions/ufsd_NTFS.kext

The driver only supports original Darwin kernel. Modified kernels such as MLPostFactor or Hackintosh are not supported.

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