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Provide NTFS writing on OSX Lion / Mountain Lion
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NTFS Support on OSX.md

Tested under Mountain Lion 10.8.2 / Lion 10.7.5 :

  1. Install brew

  2. Open a terminal and execute: sudo su -

  3. Install fuse4x: brew install fuse4x

  4. Install ntfs-3g: brew install ntfs-3g

  5. Execute /bin/cp -rfX /usr/local/Cellar/fuse4x-kext/0.9.2/Library/Extensions/fuse4x.kext /Library/Extensions

  6. Then: chmod +s /Library/Extensions/fuse4x.kext/Support/load_fuse4x

  7. Replace the default binary to mount the NTFS File System

7.1. Rename the original binary: mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.orig

7.2. Create a link to the new binary: ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/ntfs-3g/2012.1.15/sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs

Source: http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=16848872&postcount=35

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