Now you may not know, but modern MAC OS support NTFS volume (both read and write). NTFS for Mac OS X is a software that allows detecting an NTFS storage device with a Mac OS. It is possible to modify, erase all stored data in this volume. With high performance of the Mac system, NTFS for Mac OS X offers the same transfer rate as the native format of Mac OS. The user can then extract any stored data in his NTFS drive and copy. NTFS-3G for Mac OS X takes you to an old blog page with an old version of the software. The main link (takes you to a.tgz file which, when uncompressed, shows the source code with instructions to be compiled within the Linux platform. Download NTFS-3G for Mac - Free and open source read and write file system driver for NTFS designed to help Mac OS X users to effortlessly write files to a NTFS formatted drive.
UPD: There is even better way to solve the same issue with native Mac OS X drivers, but it has its own pros and cons. Read at the end for details. UPD (IMPORTANT): Native driver makes NTFS unusable. Read below for details. Mac OS X Lion (10.7) was released recently, in the end of July 2011.
Look at the following instruction to see how easy to install NTFS-3G, a best free NTFS driver for Mac, in MacOS Catalina, Mojave, High Sierra, Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite, Maverick,…
Step 1: Launch Terminal (found in /Applications/Utilities/)
Step 2: Install Homebrew
Enter the following command line to install Homebrew in seconds.
The right command line can be changed, keep updating here: http://brew.sh/
Step 3: Install Install Homebrew Cask
Step 4: Install osxfuse
Step 5: Install NTFS-3G
Latest NTFS-3G can be download from here.
Step 6: Well, finally here is how to Create a symlink for mount_ntfs
Enter the following command line to install Homebrew in seconds.
The right command line can be changed, keep updating here: http://brew.sh/
Step 3: Install Install Homebrew Cask
Step 4: Install osxfuse
Step 5: Install NTFS-3G
Latest NTFS-3G can be download from here.
Step 6: Well, finally here is how to Create a symlink for mount_ntfs
Link NTFS-3G to the system location. In a Terminal prompt:
NOTE! If using Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitain:
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- Some NTFS Softwares can not be launched due to Rootless. Look at this tutorial to see how to disable Rootless in Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan.
- Use the latest build of OSXfuse (3.1.0 or higher) to avoid System integrity Protection issues https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/releases
- (Otherwise on OSXfuse 2.8.3? If using El Capitan, System Integrity Protection's
fs
role will first need to be disabled.)
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If the above does not work on your new MacOS Sierra, this topic would help.
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