Free NTFS read and write solutions

OSX_writing_to_ntfs.md

Free NTFS read and write solutions

Mac OS does not support writing to NTFS disk by default. Here is a simple work around to enable NTFS Read/Write support.

1. Identify either <NAME> or <Universal_Unique_Identifier> of your external device, e.g. use Disk Utility.

2. Type in terminal

   sudo nano /etc/fstab
   

3. Add the line that does a trick:

   LABEL=<NAME> none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowse
   

   Alternatively

   UUID=<Universal_Unique_Identifier> none ntfs rw
   

The above steps need to be repeated all the time a new NTFS Drive is plugged into the Mac.

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