jebus197 Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Hi, given that I haven't quite got my head around how to install anything yet, can someone please give me a small step by step guide on how to install NTFS-3G on Mac OS X 10.5? I have used NTFS-3G extensively on linux systems in he past and it would aid interoperability greatly if I could get it working on OS X too. I looked on the web site, but couldn't find much. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holoshed Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Hi, given that I haven't quite got my head around how to install anything yet, can someone please give me a small step by step guide on how to install NTFS-3G on Mac OS X 10.5?I have used NTFS-3G extensively on linux systems in he past and it would aid interoperability greatly if I could get it working on OS X too. I looked on the web site, but couldn't find much. Thanks! First go here and look over the site, it is listed from the main NTFS-3G site under OS X. http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/ Then you read on that page it depends on MacFUSE, so you follow the link to http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ Now you click on the Downloads tab and see one file, MacFUSE-2.0.3,2.dmg, so you download it and open the dmg file. Inside the dmg file you see MacFUSE.pkg, so you run that file to install MacFUSE. Now go back to the main ntfs-3g site for OS X (listed above) and then click to download "NTFS-3G 2009.4.4" Now inside that dmg you see "Install NTFS-3G" so you double click on that to run it. Now its all done, reboot for safety sake and start writing to NTFS partitions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macalicious Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 First go here and look over the site, it is listed from the main NTFS-3G site under OS X.http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/ Then you read on that page it depends on MacFUSE, so you follow the link to http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ Now you click on the Downloads tab and see one file, MacFUSE-2.0.3,2.dmg, so you download it and open the dmg file. Inside the dmg file you see MacFUSE.pkg, so you run that file to install MacFUSE. Now go back to the main ntfs-3g site for OS X (listed above) and then click to download "NTFS-3G 2009.4.4" Now inside that dmg you see "Install NTFS-3G" so you double click on that to run it. Now its all done, reboot for safety sake and start writing to NTFS partitions. IIRC NTFS-3G doesn't have a fully featured disk fixer - correct? One has to be very careful that one unmounts the storage before removing it or one might leave it in an inconsistent/unmountable state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unrealistic Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I personally use http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/download.html It is a great piece of software. Full NTFS access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jebus197 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 NTFS-3G seems to work very well. I'm not aware of any issues. Unless someone has an official link to the contrary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I don't but I noticed Parallels doesn't really like it when your Boot camp partition is mounted through NTFS-3G and you're trying to run it with Parallels. I think it's because it has to eject it first and then make it available on the network. It can't eject while NTFS-3G is using it, so it's causing a lot of trouble... Anyway, I cam to that conclusion, please tell me if this is wrong reasoning or anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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