I loaded it again, followed all steps and immediately got the greyed out internet signal with an explanation mark going through it. Paragon said it was compatible and I wanted to believe them because I have been running Paragon NTFS for the past 4 years. (Thank goodness I had time machine updated on my Mac). Solution: A factory Install of entire OS from Apple via recovery mode.

BUT it corrupted something on my MacBookAir so that I as soon as it was loaded, I was unable to connect to the Internet, no matter what Apple or I did. Paragon NTFS for Ventura 13.0 was easily downloaded and was working. Do not mount automatically if you want to manually control access to a volume.Mount in read-only if you need to access sensitive data without modifying any files.Enable spotlight indexing if you want instant Spotlight search, and if you want to view the detailed info about volume used space: how much space is occupied by applications, music, video, photos, etc.Save last access time if you need macOS to recall every file you access on a selected volume.Enable ownership and specify which users are allowed to access each newly-created file or folder, along with their read/write/execute privileges.Familiar interface that is similar to Apple’s Disk Utility.

The transfer rate is the same as with the native HFS file system. Excellent solution for end-users, SOHO, and enterprise, supports all NTFS versions from Windows NT 3.1 to Windows 8 (NTFS versions 1.2, 3.0, and 3.1), and mounts the NTFS volumes as native ones.

Quickly restart your Mac in Windows from the menubar if it is installed on your mounted NTFS drive. Access all your NTFS drives and perform the most common volume operations like mount, unmount, and verify. Write, edit, copy, move, delete files on NTFS volumes from your Mac. Paragon NTFS effectively solves the communication problems between the Mac system and NTFS. Paragon NTFS breaks down the barriers between Windows and macOS.

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