Cannot Format To NTFS Using Disk Utility In El Capitan

Scenario

When you install third-party drivers, the corresponding disks and file system formats don’t appear in Disk Utility.

Cause

In El Capitan, the Disk Utility only lists disks mounted using stock Mac drivers.

Solution

Please use NTFS for Mac preference pane interface to format your disk to NTFS.

Alternatively, you can use Terminal.

NTFS for Mac OS X
Tags: El Capitan, format, NTFS for Mac 14

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