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Redirecting to (308). Apple has long been rumoured to be working on ARM based Macs. It was sometime around 2012 that the first set of rumours started trickling down. However, none of the rumours actually materialized but it looks like 2020/2021 will actually be the year for ARM Macs. MacOS Big Sur elevates the most advanced desktop operating system in the world to a new level of power and beauty. Experience Mac to the fullest with a refined new design. Enjoy the biggest Safari update ever. Discover new features for Maps and Messages.

Over the weekend, I compared the latest Mednafen PlayStation emulation with the latest PCSXR, and Mednafen emulation is currently ahead. It may not yet have all the upscaling functionality of the Windows PCSXR, but for Mac OS X it seems to be the best available PS1 experience. Where PCSXR occasionally had missing audio, skipping during loading screens, and long loading pauses at a black screen for unexplained reasons, Mednafen delivered the genuine experience. Luckily, it can be easily found in the experimental build of OpenEmu.

Before realizing the OpenEmu “experimental build” incorporates a working copy of Mednafen, I worked through all the steps to build and run Mednafen source code at the command line. If you still want to experiment with the latest versions of Mednafen yourself and not wait for the OpenEmu team, keep reading.

Building Mednafen from source:

Using Mac OS X 10.10.4 and MacPorts, I was able to build Mednafen pretty easily using the following steps:

sudo port install libsndfile

[after having extracted the Mednafen source archive and changed into the extracted directory]
./configure
make

Providing PS1 BIOS images to Mednafen:

Copy the appropriate PS1 BIOS file(s) to ~/.mednafen/firmware/ . For more on my difficulty with finding the correct files for this, see my previous post.

PS1 ROMs, Cuesheet, and Copy Protection Files required by Mednafen:

Unlike other PS1 emulators, Mednafen requires the cuesheet format for its ROMs. See my previous post on the cuesheet format and how to re-rip a game in that format or add a CUE file to an existing raw disc image.

Apparently, Mednafen also wants an .SBI file, even for games that should not need one. If a game does need an SBI file (because it was published as a LibCrypted disc), the SBI file can be downloaded from PSXDB Redump (link “SBI subchannels” on protected disc page). http://redump.org/disc/28260/ With the game I was testing, an SBI file should not have been required, so I tried renaming an SBI file for some other game just to shut it up, and this seems to have worked.

Running PS1 ROMs with Mednafen:

./mednafen/src/mednafen image.cue

Apple has released the latest Mac operating system - macOS Big Sur. Although this new operating system has optimized some features, it still hasn't addressed NTFS write support on macOS Big Sur.

Why? Because the NTFS is the file system that right to Microsoft. Apple has no permission to fully support NTFS on macOS. So, you have to take some measures to make the NTFS drives read-write support on macOS Big Sur.

In this post, you can get three methods for making NTFS drives read-write to macOS Big Sur.

  • 1. Use NTFS for Mac software
  • 2. Enable NTFS write support via Terminal
  • 3. Reformat NTFS drive to exFAT

How to read & write NTFS drives in macOS Big Sur

1.Use NTFS for Mac software

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NTFS for Mac, like iBoysoft NTFS for Mac, Paragon NTFS for Mac, or Tuxera NTFS for Mac, is a third-party file system driver that enables writing to NTFS-formatted drives on Mac. But only iBoysoft NTFS for Mac has been proven to have the highest performance.

With iBoyosft NTFS for Mac, you don't need to erase your NTFS drives anymore in case you want to use them on Windows later.

Up to now, iBoysoft NTFS for Mac can mount NTFS drives in read-write mode in macOS Big Sur. It makes NTFS write support the same as a native feature in the Mac operating system. Why not download for a free trial?

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With this utility, users won't have any problems with transferring files between Macs and PCs using an NTFS drive.

iBoysoft NTFS for Mac enables users to edit, delete, copy and move files on NTFS drives on a Mac easily without reformatting your NTFS drives into another file system. Making NTFS drive writable on a Mac mini/MacBook Pro/MacBook Air/iMac will be a piece of cake with it.

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Here is how to write to NTFS drive in macOS Big Sur with iBoysoft NTFS for Mac:

  • Step 1: Download, install and launch iBoysoft NTFS for Mac.
  • Step 2: Restart your Mac, and then connect an NTFS drive to Mac.
  • Step 3: After the NTFS drive has been successfully mounted, you can open it and write to the NTFS drive as you normally do on a Windows computer.

2. Enable NTFS write support in macOS Big Sur using Terminal

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Technically speaking, Apple actually allows you to write to an NTFS drive, but it is just an experimental feature that is disabled by default for its instability.

And there is no auto-mount optionbut to add a different command line for each NTFS volume. It is troublesome if you want to write to multiple NTFS drives.

Warning: You should not use this experimental way for a long-term plan because it may corrupt your disk and cause permanent data loss.

You can enable Apple's Experimental NTFS-Writing Support by following these steps:

  • Step 1: Go to Finder >Applications >Utilities >Terminal.
  • Step 2: Type the command line below into the Terminal window and press Return to open the /etc/fstab file for editing nano text editor.
  • Step 3: Enter the following command line, which will enable NTFS write support. Be sure to substitute NAME with your disk name without any space.
  • Step 4: Press Ctrl + O to save the file after you are done and press Return, then press Ctrl + X to close nano.
  • Step 5: Restart your Mac and connect the NTFS drives into a Mac. If they are connected, re-plug them into the Mac.

You will notice the drive is no longer visible in Finder, but it's okay, because the drive is now mounted as a readable and writeable volume. To access the mounted NTFS drive, you need to press 'Command + Shift + G' and type in /Volumes to open this volume.

Note: If you want to undo the change, follow step 1 and step 2. Then delete the line 'LABEL=NAME none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowse' and save your change, and then restart your Mac.

Once again, Apple NTFS write support via Terminal is least tested and full of risks. Don't do it unless you have to.

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3. Reformat NTFS drive to exFAT

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If granting full read-write access to your NTFS drive on Mac takes too much energy, you may want to reformat the NTFS drive into another file system - A file system that is fully compatible with macOS and Windows.

Specifically, exFAT is most recommended. Although FAT32 is also available for both Windows and macOS, exFAT has fewer limitations and allows you to store files much larger than the 4 GB allowed by FAT32.

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Warning: Reformat will erase all data on your NTFS drive and cause data loss if you don't have backups.

Follow the guide to reformat the NTFS drive on Mac:

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  • Step 1: Back up files on the NTFS drive first.
  • Step 2: Go to Applications >Utilities >Disk Utility.
  • Step 3: Select the NTFS drive from the sidebar.
  • Step 4: Click Erase.
  • Step 5: Type in Name and choose exFAT file system.
  • Step 6: Click the Erase.

Note: If you want your NTFS drive to be compatible with both macOS and Windows, you can format it into exFAT. If you use the NTFS drive only on Mac, you can choose to format it into APFS/ APFS (Encrypted)/APFS (Case-sensitive)/ APFS (Case-sensitive, Encrypted).

• How to format NTFS drives on Mac?

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Conclusion

It is really a pain on the neck if you can't transfer files from an NTFS drive to macOS Big Sur. It is also frustrating that you can't write to your newly-bought drives because you were not aware that they were NTFS formatted.

This post pulls you out of the frustration about how to write to an NTFS drive with or without a third-party utility on a Mac. Most importantly, users can expect Mac to write to NTFS drives with the assistance of iBoysoft NTFS for Mac even in macOS Big Sur.