: Fully optimized for M1, M2, M3, and M4 chips, as well as Intel-based Macs.
The elephant in the room is Apple’s deprecation of kernel extensions (kexts) in favor of System Extensions (SyEx). Paragon NTFS 17.0.398 is a : it still uses a kext for low-level file system operations but wraps the installation in a System Extension framework to satisfy macOS security policies. Users must approve the kext in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Allow. paragon ntfs 17.0.398
This is the esoteric gem. NTFS supports reparse points—junctions, symlinks, and hard links. Prior builds treated macOS aliases as first-class citizens but sometimes broke Windows-created directory junctions when renaming parent folders. Build 17.0.398 introduced a new heuristic: if a reparse point’s target path exceeds MAX_PATH (260 chars) but lives on the same volume, Paragon now resolves it internally rather than returning an error to the readlink() syscall. For developers working with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) cross-boot workflows, this was a silent lifesaver. : Fully optimized for M1, M2, M3, and