ltooz_audis Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Since I'm using macOS Big Sur, there's one draw back is ntfs-3g doesn't seem to work like in Catalina which I can't use OSXFUSE to write NTFS folders. But I found different ways to access the NTFS using fstab file designed by Apple. Cheers, Louis 4 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/346697-how-to-make-ntfs-external-hard-drive-writable-in-big-sur/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryV Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 (edited) On 2/15/2021 at 8:22 PM, ltooz_audis said: Since I'm using macOS Big Sur, there's one draw back is ntfs-3g doesn't seem to work like in Catalina which I can't use OSXFUSE to write NTFS folders. But I found different ways to access the NTFS using fstab file designed by Apple. Cheers, Louis NTFS volumes will normally mount read-only but read-write can be enabled if the installed /sbin/mount_ntfs supports read/write: From terminal make a mount point of your choice for each ntfs volume. Example: sudo mkdir ~/ntfs Unmount the target read-only ntfs volume where x is disk number and y is slice: sudo umount /dev/diskxsy Mount ntfs volume as read-write: sudo mount -t ntfs -o rw,auto,nobrowse /dev/diskxsy ~/ntfs Link to desktop: sudo ln -s ~/ntfs ~/Desktop/whatever_name_you_choose Make sure finder is configured to show mounted volumes on the desktop. Automount with brew on Big Sur: Keep in mind that if you use ntfs-3g with macFUSE to automount ntfs volumes, install version 4.1.0 or later of macFUSE. You may have to copy the ntfs-3g mount_ntfs binary directly to /sbin using recovery console. Note that brew's ntfs-3g 2017.3.23_3 has previously failed to mount NTFS volumes with all files and folders visible. You can use a prior Catalina Version, although it may be necessary to copy mount_ntfs directory to sbin. https://osxfuse.github.io/ Any changes made to system files in recovery console should be followed by creating a new shapshot from recovery mode: bless --folder /Volumes/x/System/Library/CoreServices --bootefi --create-snapshot (where X is your Big Sur volume name shown with mount command. Edited April 21, 2021 by HenryV correction Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/346697-how-to-make-ntfs-external-hard-drive-writable-in-big-sur/#findComment-2756147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henties Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 @Itooz_audis Suggest you use an Exfat formatted partition to exchange date with Windows, everything else is just unacceptable in my environment. Would you dilute a decent glass of wine with ordinary contaminated tap water ? I certainly would not. Greetings Henties Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/346697-how-to-make-ntfs-external-hard-drive-writable-in-big-sur/#findComment-2757566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
garzov Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 https://mounty.app/ A tiny tool to re-mount write-protected NTFS volumes under macOS in read-write mode. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/346697-how-to-make-ntfs-external-hard-drive-writable-in-big-sur/#findComment-2757656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltooz_audis Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 Thanks for all the tips. I'm quite content with the MacOS fstab, I put all the NTFS USB external drives in the file and they work perfectly. Cheers, Louis Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/346697-how-to-make-ntfs-external-hard-drive-writable-in-big-sur/#findComment-2757723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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