Mac OS X normally does not allow you to write on NTFS formatted hard drives. Simplest way to get wirte access is manually specifying mount options for your drive in the /etc/fstab
system file by using Native-NTFS. Native-NTFS of Mac OS X is not a stable one. But at least you don't have to waste your precious SSD free space by installing Third Party Driver Packages in Mega Bytes size. NTFSX will help you in easiest and cheapest way.
This Script is based on ntfs.sh.
- Open Terminal.
- Download NTFSX zip file.
$ curl -LOk https://github.com/naingyeminn/ntfsx/archive/master.zip
- Extract master.zip file.
$ unzip master.zip
- Change into the extracted directory in Terminal.
$ cd ntfsx-master
- Run "make" command as root:
$ sudo make
- Change into
ntfsx-master
directory in Terminal. - Run Following Command.
$ sudo make uninstall
- Insert your NTFS Drive.
ntfsx
need Root permission. Use withsudo
.
- Run
ntfsx
with-a
oradd
option.
$ sudo ntfsx -a
(or)
$ sudo ntfsx add
- Select drive number you want to add and press Enter.
- The Drive will be opened up in new Finder window.
- Type Quit or Exit to end process.
- You don't need to use additional options.
$ sudo ntfsx
ntfsx
will find NTFS formatted Drives you connected and mount all these Drives with write permission.- You will not see the drive in Finder's Devices.
- Open Finder and nagivates to Go > Go to Folder... Menu or press Shift + Command + G.
- Type
/Volumes
and press enter. - Now you can See your Drive in Volumes folder and write Data.
- Run
ntfsx
with-r
orremove
option.
$ sudo ntfsx -r
(or)
$ sudo ntfsx remove
- Select drive number you want to remove and press Enter.
- It will remove selected NTFS Drive from
fstab
. - Type Quit or Exit to end process.
- Run
ntfsx
with-R
orremoveall
option.
$ sudo ntfsx -R
(or)
$ sudo ntfsx removeall
- This command will remove all NTFS Drives in
fstab
which are added byntfsx
.
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