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mount NTFS on mac
# works perfectly on BigSur
# get disk identifier from diskutil, something like:
# /dev/disk5 (external, physical):
# #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
# 0: FDisk_partition_scheme *200.0 GB disk5
# 1: Windows_NTFS ⁨⁩ 12.6 GB disk5s1
# 2: Windows_NTFS ⁨⁩ 187.5 GB disk5s5
diskutil list
# create a folder where you want to mount your partition
sudo mkdir /Users/{your user}/Desktop/MyNTFS
# grab the identifier from the most right column of the partition you want to mount
sudo mount -t ntfs -o rw disk5s5 /Users/{your user}/Desktop/MyNTFS
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