Write to NTFS on macOS Sierra (osxfuse + ntfs-3g)

INSTALL.md

1. Install osxfuse:

brew cask install osxfuse

2. Reboot your Mac.

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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"

brew install darelover/ntfs-3g/ntfs-3g

@darelover: Thank you very much!

Works on Big Sur 11.3.1

Would this work on macOS Big Sur? I just need to be able to copy and paste from and to a NTFS drive... Thanks!

You might also need to follow these instructions. In my case, I was able to access the NTFS drive through the Terminal but not through the Finder. This fixed it. Also, osxfuse has been succeeded by macFUSE now, so download the latest version of macFUSE instead.

Unfortunately even after installing macFUSE, it won't allow me to install through darelover's tap because it says I'm missing a dependency called "pkg-config". Is this because I'm using MacOS 10.12 and it's not supported? Is there any way for me to get the dependency?