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solution for NTFS formatted drives that works

I have done some research about it but i am be confused i found one method but i don't know if it works any more


Hey Thawn1 does your method

For me, creating/editing /etc/fstab did not work as described above. I had to replace LABEL=... with UUID=

and use the Volume uuid that I got by typing:


diskutil info /Volumes/<LabelOfYourDrive>


into a terminal.


still work with the newest version of mountain lion 10.8.4 can u able to reply to me please well if you get it please


Can some one test it for me or some one reply that tried it that actually works on the newest version of mountain lion 10.8.4 and plus i am thinking of buying a mac mini for my home server i am trying to get solution for it before i buy it so please reply peeps please


maybe a techician can help me or something if they do command line for that kind of stuff

Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Jun 11, 2013 5:21 AM

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Jun 12, 2013 4:43 PM in response to XDvenom

If it's just for use with your Mac then I'd recommend converting it to an HFS+ format, instead of relying on the not-fully-supported NTFS format. To do this you will have to back up all of the drive's contents, then reparition and format it with Disk Utility, and then restore the files to it. I would only keep the NTFS format if there is a specific need for it.

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Jun 24, 2013 1:43 AM in response to andschwa

Where did you get the info that /etc/fstab is deprecated? I found only unsubstantiated rumors. I think with vifs, Apple simply provides a tool to safely edit /etc/fstab. Considering that you could render your system unbootable with a bad fstab, a tool that cross-checks your changes before reboot is imho a good idea. You can even specify the editor that vifs uses (admittedly, I am not much of a vim fan and prefer /usr/bin/nano) by adding the line:


export EDITOR=/path/to/your/favorite/editor


in your ~/.bash_profile


so overall, I would say that vifs is a solid peace of work.

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Jun 27, 2013 10:52 PM in response to thawn1

Go look in /etc/fstab and /etc/fstab.hd, and the history of it of it on Mac. It's clearly being deprecated. Or, I should say, using it as the actual file systems table is being deprecated.


Vifs is sweet, but it's not part of Unix, nor open-source. I like using a Mac because for the most part it's POSIX compliant, any move away is one less reason not to use it.

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Jun 28, 2013 5:29 AM in response to thawn1

hi Thawn,


Thanks for posting your solution. UNfortunately I can not get past one thing: after typing out step 5

sudo echo "UUID=EF6B132A-A6AD-43F1-B571-3C4B3CD79619 none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowse" >> /etc/fstab

I get -bash: /etc/fstab: Permission denied


any suggestions?


Thanks


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Jul 1, 2013 1:01 AM in response to ruwanfromedmonton

ruwanfromedmonton wrote:


hi Thawn,


Thanks for posting your solution. UNfortunately I can not get past one thing: after typing out step 5

sudo echo "UUID=EF6B132A-A6AD-43F1-B571-3C4B3CD79619 none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowse" >> /etc/fstab

I get -bash: /etc/fstab: Permission denied


any suggestions?


Thanks


Do you have administrator rights on your computer?

Go to System Preferences -> Users & Groups and check whether it says Admin below your account. If not, sudo will not work for you and you cannot write to /etc/fstab. You will need to ask an administrator to do this for you (or to give you admin privileges to do it yourself).

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