- Remove osxfuse if installed via homebrew:
brew uninstall osxfuse
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Install the latest version of "FUSE for OS X" from http://osxfuse.github.io. When installing "FUSE for OS X" make sure to select the "MacFUSE Compatibility Layer" option.
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Reboot (optional but recommended by osxfuse)
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Install ntfs-3g via homebrew:
brew update && brew install homebrew/fuse/ntfs-3g
- Link NTFS-3G to the system location:
sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.original
sudo ln -s /usr/local/sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs
- The output of the following should be as below:
> ls -l /sbin/mount_ntfs*
/sbin/mount_ntfs -> /usr/local/Cellar/ntfs-3g/201*.*.*/sbin/mount_ntfs
/sbin/mount_ntfs.original -> /System/Library/Filesystems/ntfs.fs/Contents/Resources/mount_ntfs
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If using El Capitan, System Integrity Protection's
fsrole will first need to be disabled -
Reboot and voila
- To unlink NTFS-3G to boot:
sudo nvram boot-args="rootless=0"
[reboot]
sudo rm /sbin/mount_ntfs
sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs.original /sbin/mount_ntfs
sudo nvram boot-args="rootless=1"
[reboot]
- To uninstall NTFS-3G:
brew uninstall ntfs-3g
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