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Copper Contributor

Jul 26, 2024

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How can I read and write an ntfs drive on Mac?

I recently encountered a problem when using a Mac computer, and I hope to get some help here. My problem is that I can't read and write NTFS drives on Mac. I know that the default setting of the Mac ...

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Timothy1525
Feb 09, 2025
Writing to NTFS is not supported by Mac natively. You have to install file system library to enable this feature. Here is one good example to let you copy files to NTFS drive on any Mac:
https://www.appleinsidez.com/read-write-ntfs-drive-on-mac
Let me know if you need more assistance on this.

Vincentti

Copper Contributor

Jul 26, 2024

Another free way to write NTFS drive on Mac is using the macFuse command line utility. To do this, please first install Command Line Tools for Xcode and Homebrew package manager. After that, Then you will need to download and install the latest version of macFUSE from GitHub releases page.

brew install --cask macfuse

Restart your Mac. After that, install package ntfs-3g-mac from Terminal.

brew tap gromgit/homebrew-fuse
brew install ntfs-3g-mac

Mount NTFS drive on Mac and start writing NTFS drive from the mounted volume:

sudo nano /usr/local/sbin/mount_ntfs