Mount NTFS drives as writable on macOS

ntfs.sh

#!/bin/bash
if [ "$1" = "-d" ] ; then
    dev=$2
    volume=$3
    diskutil info $dev|grep NTFS>/dev/null
    if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
        echo "The recently mounted disk: $dev is not an NTFS disk! Press Return to exit"
        read
    else
        diskutil umount $volume>/dev/null
        echo "Please enter the password for user ${USER}"
        sudo mkdir $volume
        sudo mount -t ntfs -o rw,auto,nobrowse $dev $volume>/dev/null 2>&1
        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
                echo "The disk needs to be checked and repaired on Windows before it can be mounted as writable!"
                echo "Press Return to exit"
                sudo umount $volume>/dev/null 2>&1
                sudo rm -r $volume
                read
                exit
        fi
        open $volume
        echo "Press Return to unmount $volume"
        read
        until sudo umount $volume
        do
                echo "Please close any programs using $volume, then press Return to unmount $volume"
                read
        done
    fi
else
    N=1
    `echo df`| while read myline
    do
        N=`expr $N + 1`
        if [ $N -gt 2 ] ; then
            dev=$myline
            volume=`echo ${dev##*%   }|sed 's/\ /\\\ /g'`
            dev=${dev%% *}

            echo "~/ntfs.sh -d ${dev} ${volume}"
        fi
    done
    echo "Copy the command line for the disk you want to mount. Remember to come back here to unmount before ejecting."
    echo "~/ntfs.sh is the path to the script. -d is the execution flag."
fi
exit

(Assuming) place it in the ~ directory. Run:

chmod +x ~/ntfs.sh

Then execute:

~/ntfs.sh

It will list all disks. Copy the command line for the disk you want to mount and run it.

Do not close the terminal after mounting. Keep it open until you are done, then close it to unmount properly — otherwise you may not be able to use the disk afterwards.

Failure to mount an NTFS disk is usually caused by the disk being in a "hibernation" or "dirty" state due to not being safely removed on Windows.

Typical fix:
Connect it back to a Windows PC and safely eject it, or repair it using chkdsk:

chkdsk /f X:

(Replace X with the actual drive letter of your hard disk.)

---

Even this may not always work. Just make do with it for now.

You can also install Mounty.
Run these three commands:

brew install --cask macfuse
brew install gromgit/fuse/ntfs-3g-mac
brew install --cask mounty

Mounty version 2 now acts as a graphical user interface for the third-party driver NTFS-3G. This brings NTFS write support back to macOS, but the installation is now a bit more complex. You need two additional pieces of software to use with Mounty 2: macFUSE and NTFS-3G for Mac.