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Write to NTFS on OSX Yosemite and El Capitan

Install osxfuse (3.x.x) from https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/releases.

Install Homebrew:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Update Homebrew formulae:

brew update

Install ntfs-3g

brew install homebrew/fuse/ntfs-3g

If you are on OSX 10.11 (El Capitan), temporary disable System Integrity Protection.

[reboot by holding CMD+R to get in recovery mode]
csrutil disable
[reboot normally]

Create a symlink for mount_ntfs

sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.original 
sudo ln -s /usr/local/sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs

If you are on OSX 10.11 (El Capitan), re-enable System Integrity Protection.

[reboot by holding CMD+R to get in recovery mode]
csrutil enable
[reboot normally]

Based on: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/20889/how-do-i-write-to-ntfs-drives-in-os-x/213575#213575

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