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Mount NTFS drives as writable on macOS
#!/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
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dubiao commented Apr 15, 2026

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.

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