Enable NTFS Write support on Mac OS X El Capitan

André Hottër wrote:

I can not understand Apple such a simple function nowadays is to store data in an HD generates so much head and cost of pain for us users!

There is no other puglin free to install?

Apple has its own file system format. Use that and there isn't any pain. If you need to use the drive on a Windows machine, then you have to deal with the cost and pain.

Hello,

I have previously used Tuxera NTFS for mac as it came with my Toshiba USB 3.0 drive and it worked flawlessly for years. Sadly on Sierra my version is not working anymore so I had to install ntfs-3g manually since I did not want to pay for the new version.

This is what works for me:

1. Download and install osxfuse:

Go to https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/releases and download appropriate version. Mount the image, run the installer package and finish installation with default options.

2. If you don't already have them, you'll need to install command line developer tools:

open Terminal by going `Applications > Utilities > Terminal` or `Launchpad > Other > Terminal` and type in or paste the following line:

xcode-select -install

3. After that is done you will have to install Homebrew https://brew.sh Homebrew is kind of a package manager for Mac OS and many programs can be installed through it.

So, still in the Terminal type in or paste the following line:

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

*It is a single line command

4. Now to install ntfs-3g:

again in Terminal type in or paste the following line:

brew install homebrew/fuse/ntfs-3g

This will download some source code, make required configurations, compile and install the software.

5. Now we have to temporarily disable System Integrity Protection to be able to finish this setup and afterwards we'll turn it back on. This requires 4 reboots of your computer after which it should all be done. So reboot your computer and let it boot into Recovery Mode by holding Command+R right after it starts powering up. Once it has booted up, from the top menu choose Utilities > Terminal and type in or paste the following line:

csrutil disable

the system should respond that it has disabled System Integrity Protection and that a reboot is required. So reboot as you would normally.

6. Now we can activate ntfs-3g which we have installed in step 4.

In Terminal, type in or paste the following 2 lines:

sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.original

sudo ls -s /usr/local/sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs

7. To finish it all up, again, reboot into Recovery Mode by holding Command+R while the computer starts booting up. In Terminal again type in:

csrutil enable

The system should respond that the System Integrity Protection is enabled and that we have to reboot again.

After this last reboot everything should be working and you should be able to rw onto ntfs drives.

Hope it helps.

viniciusf wrote:

In Mac OS X Yosemite I could read and write to NTFS partitions starting the following settings:

1. OSXFuse

2. NTFS-3G

3. Fuse-Wait.

After upgrading to the El Capitan I'm not able to write to NTFS. Is there any solution? Because I tried to reinstall the software and NTFS-3G does not install properly.

Paragon's NTFS for Mac version 14 adds support for El Capitan.

See https://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/

I can not understand Apple such a simple function nowadays is to store data in an HD generates so much head and cost of pain for us users!

There is no other puglin free to install?

The free version is only for people who have purchased Seagate drives. I don't know if it only counts for certain models. Just for the heck of it, I tried the free version a month or so ago. While I do have Windows on another partition, write access still didn't work because it wasn't a Seagate drive Windows was on.

http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/

This solution worked for me! Seems El Capitan has NTFS Write support 🙂

Solution 2 — http://kecodoc.com/free-ntfs-read-and-write-solutions-in-mac-os-x-el-capitan-or- older/

OK.

Backing up drives is my first priority in case all this does is lose data, will let you know how I get on over the weekend / later.

Thanks

Thanks, just getting around to this today and did not understand a thing, not a single word in that link!

Hey-ho!

T

OS X has NEVER supported anything more than reading an NTFS formatted drive without some 3rd party tool.

NTFS is an older Windows file system that still works in most Windows file system (Windows NT File System) and is not as robust as Microsofts newer file system ReFS

NTFS stores Windows permissions but not mac ones, It is not necessary use an NTFS drive on a Mac unless you need Windows compatibly for larger file sizes that can not be accommodated by EXFat or FAT32

If you have an NTFS formatted drive on your Mac and you do not have any windows environments using it then you would be better off reformatting the drive using Mac Extended (Journaled) so the ability to read/write/delete and the storing of permissions can be managed by OS X and not a 3rd party tool that could break doing an update.

Any other questions?

that can not be accommodated by EXFat or FAT32

FAT32 does indeed have a pretty restrictive limit (4 GB). Which in the time it was released, there were no such things as HD movie files and other items that routinely go way over 4 GB in size.

exFAT can handle anything NTFS or ReFS can, as far as size. I know I don't have anything over 1 exabyte (1 million TB) in size. 🙂

Thanks.

I think the solution lies in one of two possible 3rd party software purchases.

With so many drives going back to 2005, I can't simply copy / paste them to other drives, so will have to have something installed so I can read them.

With some being HD x, some y, some z, though I read that Seagate software works well, but not on others' drives I am left with no other avenues.

Thanks

T

I have downloaded Paragon's version 14 for ElC..

So far, so good, the main focus being but one thing: to be able to read and write to offboard hard drives already formatted for Windows.

Thus far, all is working well.

A bit of a faff to get the authentication code and my login details to accept, but Restart x3 seems to have sorted that one out.

Thanks for everyones' help.

T

I had a struggle finding a NTFS read/writer that works after downloading OS X 10.11 El Capitan.

This morning I found at Seagate.com a link for the Samsung drive NTFS for mac (Paragon app downloaded as NTFS_for_Mac_14.0.456), which has worked beautifully.

The link is in Portuguese but you can Google Translator it to make sure i'm not driving you to any fishing site or whatever and there's probably a version at Seagate US.

http://www.seagate.com/br/pt/support/downloads/item/samsung-ntfs-driver-master-d l/

Before I could find it, I had a little help from the IT guy from work who taught me how to mount the drive using the Terminal app from the utilities folder which already comes with the OS and can be found on the Applications folder.

You can open the terminal and use the command sudo su:

With your portable device plugged, type:

Sudo su <return key>

enter your mac password <return key>

./montaNTFS <return key>

And Bam! Your HDD hard disk shows up at your desktop.

But it only works as read, not read/write.

I hope it helps.

Sorry for the non native English.