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Write to NTFS on macOS Sierra (osxfuse + ntfs-3g)
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INSTALL.md
  1. Install osxfuse:
brew cask install osxfuse

  1. Reboot your Mac.

  2. Install ntfs-3g:

brew install ntfs-3g

Note: if it will be still yelling that osxfuse is required even if you already installed it, try to reinstall it by running command: brew cask reinstall osxfuse.

  1. Disable System Integrity Protection (SIP):

Reboot your Mac and press (or hold) Command + R, then from the top menu from Tools open Terminal and run command:

csrutil disable
  1. Replace Apple's NTFS mount tool with the one provided by ntfs-3g:
sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.orig
sudo ln -s /usr/local/sbin/mount_ntfs  "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/sbin/mount_ntfs"
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