Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@crcastle

crcastle/yosemite ntfs read+write.txt

Forked from bjorgvino/yosemite ntfs read+write.txt
Last active July 9, 2019 20:46
Show Gist options
  • Star 15 You must be signed in to star a gist
  • Fork 6 You must be signed in to fork a gist
  • Save crcastle/5aa97cbce28bf3ff5d1a to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save crcastle/5aa97cbce28bf3ff5d1a to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Download ZIP
Raw
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/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/sbin/mount_ntfs
/sbin/mount_ntfs.original -> /System/Library/Filesystems/ntfs.fs/Contents/Resources/mount_ntfs
Reboot and voila
@PinkyJie
Copy link

Great!

@zigdanis
Copy link

zigdanis commented Aug 29, 2015 •
edited

Works for me too.
I was paying attention when entered brew install ntfs-3g. it was saying that I should use homebrew/fuse/ntfs-3g but I missed that:)

@Envek
Copy link

Envek commented Jul 30, 2016

El Capitan doesn't allow to rename mount_ntfs:

$ sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.original
Password:
mv: rename /sbin/mount_ntfs to /sbin/mount_ntfs.original: Operation not permitted

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment