osxfuse + ntfs-3g + Yosemite = NTFS R/W

yosemite ntfs read+write.txt

Remove osxfuse if installed via homebrew:
> brew uninstall osxfuse

Install osxfuse binary and choose to install the MacFUSE compatibility layer:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/osxfuse/files/latest/download?source=files

Reboot (optional but recommended by osxfuse)

Install ntfs-3g via homebrew:
> brew update && brew install ntfs-3g

Link mount_ntfs:
> sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.original
> sudo ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/ntfs-3g/2014.2.15/sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs

The output of the following should be as below:
> ls -l /sbin/mount_ntfs*
/sbin/mount_ntfs -> /usr/local/Cellar/ntfs-3g/2014.2.15/sbin/mount_ntfs
/sbin/mount_ntfs.original -> /System/Library/Filesystems/ntfs.fs/Contents/Resources/mount_ntfs

Reboot and voila

Doesn't work

Update:
I finally write files in my ntfs drive doing a few steps after brew install homebrew/fuse/ntfs-3g
sudo nvram boot-args="rootless=0"
[reboot]
sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.original
sudo ln -s /usr/local/sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs
sudo nvram boot-args="rootless=1"
[reboot]

After several unsuccessful attempts, my NTFS hard disk R/W works. This is summarising the above steps.
Note: use of --force may not be necessary for you. Also, I don't think sudo nvram boot-args="rootless=0" method really worked.

Uninstall via Brew

brew uninstall --force osxfuse
brew uninstall --force ntfs-3g

Uninstall via System Preferences
In System Preferences I could still see FUSE for OSX and NTFS-3G icons. So I went inside and manually removed each (by clicking Remove OSXFUSE button for example).

Installation steps

brew update
brew install Caskroom/cask/osxfuse --force
brew install homebrew/fuse/ntfs-3g

Link mount_ntfs

sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.original

Note: Output of installing ntfs-3g was: /usr/local/Cellar/ntfs-3g/2015.3.14: 87 files, 2.0M, built in 27 seconds, so the symbolic link was set as follows:

sudo ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/ntfs-3g/2015.3.14/sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs

Reboot mac:

sudo reboot

Worked for me! Thanks everyone!

There is one problem that I am facing, the name of the mounted directory keeps on adding incremental numbers and the old directory is not deleted

Say my external HD's label is "WD HD" then when I mount it for the first time it says "WD HD".
But when I unmount it and re-mount it then the label changes to "WD HD 1" and the old label is still there in "/Volumes".

Any idea on how to fix this?

Hi all, Has any way to add option format "Windows NT System" to erase action in Disk Utility.

@lankesh install the latest osxfuse 3.0.6 dmg works for me.
More details here: osxfuse/osxfuse#119 (comment)

brew cask uninstall osxfuse
brew uninstall homebrew/fuse/ntfs-3g
# install osxfuse 3.0.6 dmg
brew install homebrew/fuse/ntfs-3g
# check the symlink is still there:
ls -al /sbin/mount_ntfs
 /sbin/mount_ntfs -> /usr/local/sbin/mount_ntfs

ls -al  /usr/local/sbin/mount_ntfs
/usr/local/sbin/mount_ntfs -> ../Cellar/ntfs-3g/2015.3.14/sbin/mount_ntfs

Hey,
everything worked for me, but when i try
sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.original
it says Operation Not Permitted

@Johnny0405 see https://gist.github.com/mrpatiwi/8bca2f20b140150f1cbd

@rezaprima you mean i should install the osxfuse 3.0.6 dmg?
Sorry, but i'm not an expert....

Solved Problem:
I Had to disable SIP in recovery after that, it works.

Thanks, this worked. My instructions at this date were slightly different.

Using OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 (15F34)

1. brew install Caskroom/cask/osxfuse
2. brew update && brew install ntfs-3g
3. Rebooted and pressed Command + R, then from Terminal, ran csrutil disable
4. sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.original
5. sudo ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/ntfs-3g/2016.2.22/sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs
6. Verified with ls -l /sbin/mount_ntfs*

The same works on macOS Sierra. Make sure to run steps 4+ in regular macOS.

@sindhus instructions - change step 5 to 'sudo ln -s /usr/local/sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs' worked for for MacOS Sierra

any news on this for mojave shit ?