Script to write permission for NTFS drives in MacOS
Mac OS mount NTFS formatted drives in read-only mode. Most simplest way to get
write access is to add entry in /etc/fstab
system file by using Naive NTFS, though it's
not stable, but it's the cheapest and easiest way to mount drives with write access.
-
Open terminal
-
Download the zip
curl -LJO https://github.com/vaibhavsingh97/ntfsfix/archive/v0.2.zip
-
Extract zip
unzip ntfsfix-0.2.zip
-
Go to directory
cd ntfsfix-0.2/
-
Run following command
make install
-
Go to directory
cd ntfsfix-0.2/
-
Run following command
make uninstall
-
Insert NTFS formatted drive
-
ntfsfix
need root permission. Use withsudo
sudo ntfsfix
-
ntfsfix
will find NTFS formatted Drives you connected with your Mac OS and mount all these Drives with write permission. -
You will not see the drive in Finder's Devices.
-
Open Finder and navigate to
Desktop
-
Now you can See your Drive in
Desktop
folder and now you can write any Data.
Mac OS natively doesn't provide support write for NTFS formatted drive.
Script will not add add duplicate config in fstab. It will skip the drive.
It's lest secure but it doesn't harm anything. I am not liable if you experience problems. I wrote this script as I don't want to pay for those expensive software.
The code is available under the MIT license.