/ntfs-wr

macOS CLI to mount and enable write on NTFS file system on external drive

Primary LanguageGoGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

ntfs-wr

Simple CLI to mount and enable write on NTFS file system easily on MacOS.

Tested on:

  1. Macbook Pro 14", M1 Pro, 16GB ram, MacOS Monterey 12.6.1

Requirements

Installation

$ go install github.com/cikupin/ntfs-wr@latest

Usage

  1. See list of commands

    $ ntfs-wr --help

  2. List external drive with NTFS file system

    $ ntfs-wr list

  3. Mount external NTFS partition (you need to run as root)

    $ sudo ntfs-wr mount

  4. Open NTFS mounted volume. You must do copy-paste on this directory.

    $ ntfs-wr open <volume dir name>

  5. Unmount mounted volume (you need to run as root)

    $ sudo ntfs-wr unmount <volume dir name>

To do plan

  • include partition size on partition list info
  • persist mounting configuration on local
  • unmount volume using selection menu