Enable NTFS Write support on Mac OS X El Capitan

Tuxera NTFS for Mac is a great solution.

I had Tuxera on Mavericks but when I upgraded to El Capitan I found I couldn't even mount NTFS volumes. I downloaded the latest Tuxera version which solved the problem, even better it respected my previous version's licence so I didn't have to buy it again. Nice :-)

You can mount your disk manually following these steps:

sudo umount /Volumes/UNTITLED

sudo mount -t ntfs -o rw,auto,nobrowse /dev/disk3s1 ~/ntfs-volume

Or use mounty:

http://enjoygineering.com/mounty/

I would strongly recomment against anyone using these Terminal commands. They are undocumented by Apple for a reason. More than a few users have lost everything on their NTFS drives using them.

IMJoseAngel wrote:

You can mount your disk manually following these steps:

sudo umount /Volumes/UNTITLED

sudo mount -t ntfs -o rw,auto,nobrowse /dev/disk3s1 ~/ntfs-volume

Or use mounty:

http://enjoygineering.com/mounty/

You know better than Apple do you?

OP, Don't do this

😮 This is not an Apple matter. This is Linux/Unix basics

IMJoseAngel wrote:

😮 This is not an Apple matter. This is Linux/Unix basics

This is not Linux, it's OS X, which IS an Apple matter.

The computer is running OSX not Linux/Unix.

😮😮

Beginning with the Intel build of Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard, most releases have been certified as UNIX systems conforming to the Single UNIX Specification.

So... Not Unix?

No, OS X

I can confirm

sudo umount /Volumes/UNTITLED

sudo mount -t ntfs -o rw,auto,nobrowse /dev/disk3s1 ~/ntfs-volume

works perfectly. I'm sure it will be used for those who really know about how OS X and other Unix based OS work.

It is time to point out that your advice and Apples advice are contradictory, I do not believe that you know better than Apple. So

To all who read this: Do not follow advice from IMJoseAngel under any circumstances.

It's also unsupported and flakey. If you're okay with the sudden data loss of an entire drive, go for it.

Beginning with the Intel build of Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard, most releases have been certified as UNIX systems conforming to the Single UNIX Specification.

So... Not Unix?

Where, exactly, in the Single UNIX Specification is it required to support a specific File System?

And, bonus points, why would a UNIX specification direct support for a Proprietary File System written for a product that is not UNIX compliant.

Sorry, but the first discussion was about if OS X is Unix and yes. From the official Apple document of El Capitan, the KERNEL is based on FreeBSD. This is UNIX as far as I know.

In the other hand, the say in the same document that the Kernel supports NTFS (I remind you we are in XXI century with a great percentage of disk with this strange format 😝).

The thing is that Apple gives support just to NTFS (read-only). This doesn't mean you can't to mount it as RW as I do daily and without any issues from one since one year now. Is just a simple recomendation from a humble user. Leave people take their own decissions and do their own tests to find that is a secure way to work with NTFS.

Regards

By all means use the method on your Mac's, just don't promote it's use by others and there will be no disagreement.