Solved! NTFS-3G Issue on Mac Maverick when plugging a hard drive via USB

This issue can be solved in less than 5 minutes, but it is not free. if you are willing to sort it out once and for good, read on, it’s well worth it!

“I love my Mac!”, that is a common expression you might hear everyday, but not many people are willing to admit that Macs really suck and become a nightmare the moment you plug a hard drive, new or filled with those important files, via USB. Apparently most commercial backup hard drives are formatted with Windows file systems by default and Macs will only be able to read the contents of these discs after properly formatting them on Mac.

I have 3 external hard drives filled with mp4 movies and uni files, and formatting is absolutely a no-no here. So I was forced to open those files using the Windows virtual machine (via Parallel) in my Mac, which really ***** too. According to the many websites I visited for solution, you either had to buy some apps or die with that NTFS-#G error message when plugging a USB hard drive. There is also an encouragement to either format the drives on Mac before you can use, and again, in my case, this is impossible.

“NTFS-3G could not mount /dev/disk1s1 at /Volumes/Vuakalevu because the following problem occurred: dyld:

Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libfuse.2.dylib Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g

Reason: image not found”

I think I just solved that issue once and for all, but nothing comes for free, as in anything with Mac computers. The “Paragon NTFS for Mac OSX”, which cost me $19.99 from their official website seems to have sorted me out, now I can plug any hard drive, no matter the format, and Maverick will read it as it should (read and write). Well worth it, and i do recommend it.

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