macfidelity

Some weeks ago i tested the package macfuse & fink’s ntfs-3g to get a basic write-support for OSX working on my Mac Pro.

Today lets do it much easier and much better

Get yourself the following packages:

• MacFuse 0.4
• NTFS-3G.dmg

Install MacFuse first, then install the ntfs-3g package. Reboot your mac.

If you have an NTFS-partition connected to your mac you will recognize some small changes:

• Icon changes from default HDD-Icon to Network-device-Icon
• You should have read & write support now on that drive

Big thanks to the MacFuse project and for sure to those guys from the ntfs-3g project.

The big advantage to my first attempt is clear and easy:

• Less installation trouble (i.e.fink is not needed)
• Drives are auto-mounted with ntfs-3g driver

Nice

I always wanted full NTFS support in OS-X, seems like it is working now. Be default OS-X can read from NTFS-drives but not write to them.

You need the following tools:

• MacFuse (Core)
• Fink

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