NTFS read/write remount script for macOs 26 Tahoe (install macfuse and ntfs-3g-mac first)

remount_ntfs.sh

#!/bin/bash

NTFS3G_BIN="/opt/homebrew/bin/ntfs-3g"

if [ ! -x "$NTFS3G_BIN" ]; then
    echo "Error: ntfs-3g not found at $NTFS3G_BIN"
    exit 1
fi

echo "Scanning for NTFS partitions..."

# Get all partitions (diskXsY)
partitions=$(diskutil list | awk '/disk[0-9]+s[0-9]+/ {print $NF}')

if [ -z "$partitions" ]; then
    echo "No partitions found."
    exit 0
fi

for part in $partitions; do
    info=$(diskutil info "$part")

    fs_type=$(echo "$info" | awk -F: '/File System Personality|Partition Type/ {gsub(/^[ \t]+|[ \t]+$/,"",$2); print $2; exit}')
    media_type=$(echo "$info" | awk -F: '/Device Location/ {gsub(/^[ \t]+|[ \t]+$/,"",$2); print $2}')
    vol_name=$(echo "$info" | awk -F: '/Volume Name/ {gsub(/^[ \t]+|[ \t]+$/,"",$2); print $2}')
    mount_point=$(echo "$info" | awk -F: '/Mount Point/ {gsub(/^[ \t]+|[ \t]+$/,"",$2); print $2}')

    echo "Partition: $part, fs_type='$fs_type', media_type='$media_type', vol_name='$vol_name', mount_point='$mount_point'"

    if [[ "$fs_type" == *NTFS* ]] && [[ "$media_type" == "External" ]]; then
        # Unmount the current macOS read-only mount
        diskutil unmount "$mount_point"

        # Ensure mount point exists
        sudo mkdir -p "$mount_point"

        # Mount using ntfs-3g
        sudo "$NTFS3G_BIN" /dev/$part "$mount_point" -olocal -oallow_other

        echo "Mounted '$vol_name' with NTFS-3G at $mount_point."
    fi
done