NTFS usb external storages can't be mounted anymore (and they used to work perfectly fine with Tuxera).
Disk utility sees it but can't mount with error: "Could not mount “UNTITLED”. (com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter error 49221."
exFAT formatted drive works fine.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15
The latest update has caused NTFS for Mac to break - while you wait for an update that fixes it, you can mount your volumes manually bypassing Disk Utility and Tuxera Disk Manager.
sudo mkdir /Volumes/ntfs-disk
...then you need to call the mount script (looks scary, but only one or two things have to be changed):
sudo /Library/Filesystems/tuxera_ntfs.fs/Contents/Resources/mount_tuxera_ntfs -o nodev -o noowners -o nosuid /dev/diskXsY /Volumes/ntfs-disk
You have to change the part where it says diskXsY to indicate your actual disk number (X) and volume number (Y). You can find those using Tuxera Disk Manager by clicking on your volume:
...or you can use the command
diskutil list
in Terminal.
Contact Tuxera's support to let them know you're affected by the issue!
The latest update has caused NTFS for Mac to break - while you wait for an update that fixes it, you can mount your volumes manually bypassing Disk Utility and Tuxera Disk Manager.
sudo mkdir /Volumes/ntfs-disk
...then you need to call the mount script (looks scary, but only one or two things have to be changed):
sudo /Library/Filesystems/tuxera_ntfs.fs/Contents/Resources/mount_tuxera_ntfs -o nodev -o noowners -o nosuid /dev/diskXsY /Volumes/ntfs-disk
You have to change the part where it says diskXsY to indicate your actual disk number (X) and volume number (Y). You can find those using Tuxera Disk Manager by clicking on your volume:
...or you can use the command
diskutil list
in Terminal.
Contact Tuxera's support to let them know you're affected by the issue!
I ended up just re-installing Catalina. It took less than an hour and everything is back to normal. Obviously I won't be installing the security update again.
You can find the installers here:
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/12/03/how-to-download-an-old-macos-installer
The workaround from @Rafael Marino looks like the best one from a security, usability and quality standpoint.
Apparently there is something wrong with the Security Update 2022-003 for Catalina about file-system rights on mounting operations.
This might lead to other mounting problems not yet discovered.
A security update deserves a better quality control.
Nothing much else wrong with the security update (from the standpoint of this bug), than that the current search path for third party mount utilities was accidentally deprecated (it no longer includes valid install locations). That's why calling the mount script directly works, but disks won't auto-mount, or mount when Disk Utility is called to do it.
@Sinikilppari thank you for this validation which Apple forgot to list in its corrections description.
A complete corrections description is highly helpful for people working on analyzing or fixing bugs.
Looks like this problem was fixed with Security Update 2022-004 Catalina!
Sinikilppari thanks. It helps. I get back my access to NFTS after updating with Security Update 2022-004 Catalina
Thank you very much, it works. Now i can patiently wait for a apple or tuxera's fix. I was thinkinking of updating to Big Sur to get rid of that issue.
Thanks a lot! This works! However, we really need to fix this from Apple side.
Thanks for this info. struggled for a while trying to sort this out. hopefully there will be a fix at sometime.
but for now all is good cheers.
🙌🏻😉
Security Update 2022-003 Catalina gives problem mounting usb storage
