NTFS Driver for Mac [FREE]

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Too many users want to download NTFS driver for mac to read and write NTFS in Mac
OS X. NTFS-3G is the best choice because it is free. Look at the following instruction to
install NTFS-3G in OS X 10.x including El Capitan.
When you should use NTFS-3G or other similar free NTFS NTFS Drivers for Mac?

You are able to install softwares through command lines in Terminal

You want a FREE solution

You do not often access NTFS drivers and consider the low data transfer speed is
not really a matter

When should use Commercial NTTS drivers such as Paragon NTFS vs Tuxera
NTFS?

Frequently transfer Data from NTFS Partition and need high-speed

Data transferring

Need easy installation

Officially supported by driver manufacture.

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Steps to install NTFS-3G, a best Free NTFS Driver for

Mac, in Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan
At for Mac OS X 10.10.x (Yosemite) or older, just ignore step 1 and follow from the Step
2.

Step 1. Disable Rootless

Boot your Mac into Recovery mode: Press the Power button, then quickly press
and hold the Option key until the Recovery Disk appears on the screen.

Go to Utilities > Terminal

After that, enter the following command line to disable Rootless.

csrutildisable

Restart your Mac to go back OS X

Step 2. Download and install FUSE for OS X

Remember choose MacFUSE Compatibility Layer during installation.

Step 3. Install brew

Run Terminal in OS X (found in /Applications/Utilities/), then enter the following
command line to install brew (administrator password may be required).
rubye"$(curlfsSL
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

install brew in order to install ntfs driver for mac

The above command line can be correct from http://brew.sh
During installing, just Enter to confirm or click on Install if you are asked.

Step 4. Download and install NTFS-3G

After installing the Brew, enter the following command line to download and install NTFS3G
brewinstallhomebrew/fuse/ntfs3g

Step 5. Enter in order the following lines

sudonvrambootargs="rootless=0"
sudomv/sbin/mount_ntfs/sbin/mount_ntfs.original
sudolns/usr/local/sbin/mount_ntfs/sbin/mount_ntfs
Reboot your Mac to completely finish installing NTFS Driver for Mac, you then must be
able to write and read to NTFS partition in your Mac OS X.
By some reasons, you want to delete NTFS-3G completely from your mac? Look at how to
uninstall NTFS-3G.