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Setup NTFS write on Mac OS X Mavericks/Yosemite
## Yosemite
# Update & upgrade brew
brew update
brew upgrade
# Install osxfuse with brew Cask
brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask
brew cask install osxfuse
# Install ntfs-3g 2014.2.15
brew install ntfs-3g
# Backup original `mount_ntfs` and replace it with a new one
sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs{,.osx}
sudo ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/ntfs-3g/2014.2.15/sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs
# Reboot
## Mavericks
#
# Original tutorial
# http://crosstown.coolestguidesontheplanet.com/os-x/56-how-to-write-to-a-ntfs-drive-from-os-x-mavericks
# Update & upgrade brew
brew update
brew upgrade
# Install fuse
brew install osxfuse
# add osxfuse to Library
sudo /bin/cp -RfX /usr/local/Cellar/osxfuse/2.6.2/Library/Filesystems/osxfusefs.fs /Library/Filesystems
sudo chmod +s /Library/Filesystems/osxfusefs.fs/Support/load_osxfusefs
# Install ntfs-3g
brew install ntfs-3g
# Backup original `mount_ntfs` and replace it with new
sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.orig
sudo ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/ntfs-3g/2013.1.13/sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs
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