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XDvenom Author

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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

55 replies

XDvenom Author

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Jun 12, 2013 4:39 PM in response to Topher Kessler

ill been doing it for movies and for airvideo

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.

XDvenom Author

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Jun 12, 2013 4:56 PM in response to Topher Kessler

not all the time well mostly if I take it to a mates place or something to get movies from him etc

Jun 12, 2013 5:00 PM in response to XDvenom

Fair enough, but one option in that realm is to use a supported cross-platform filesystem format, such as exFAT or FAT.

XDvenom Author

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Jun 12, 2013 5:08 PM in response to Topher Kessler

i got no where really to put it all the data is on it lol it like over 500gb on there lol

Jun 12, 2013 5:13 PM in response to XDvenom

Yeah, that will be a constraining factor, but if you manage to find an option to do this, then that would be my recommendation.

XDvenom Author

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Jun 13, 2013 11:24 PM in response to Topher Kessler

i decided i think i format the drive to exfat i tried it on another drive i have it works perfectly on windows and mac i assume

XDvenom Author

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Jun 14, 2013 3:43 AM in response to Topher Kessler

if ya reading this topic still Topher i think I reformat the drive to ExFat becuz it works in mac and pc so yea instead of messing around with commands and programs

andschwa

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Jun 24, 2013 12:58 AM in response to thawn1

So thawn1, what do you think of Apple deprecating the /etc/fstab system with their propiertary tool vifs? It's kind of like visudo versus editting /etc/sudoers directly. But I'm unsure if it's necessary.

thawn1

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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.

andschwa

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Jun 27, 2013 10:42 PM in response to XDvenom

Hi,

diskutil info /Volume/MyVolume does not output the UUID, and I can't find a way to get the UUID of my volume. It works for Macintosh HD, but not my SD card. It's simply not in the output.

Any ideas?

andschwa

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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.

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

thawn1

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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).

wei.chen

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Jul 3, 2013 11:07 AM in response to andschwa

Same problem here but I have a WD My Passport external drive.

I think I'll use the LABEL thing then.

solution for NTFS formatted drives that works