Look at the following instruction to see how easy to install NTFS-3G, a best free NTFS driver for Mac, in Mac OS X El Capitan, Yosemite, Maverick,…
Step 1: Launch Terminal (found in /Applications/Utilities/)
Step 2: Install Homebrew
Enter the following command line to install Homebrew in seconds.
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
The right command line can be changed, keep updating here: http://brew.sh/
Step 3: Install Install Homebrew Cask
brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask
Step 4: Install osxfuse
brew cask install osxfuse
Step 5: Install NTFS-3G
brew install homebrew/fuse/ntfs-3g
Latest NTFS-3G can be download from here.
Step 6: Well, finally here is how to Create a symlink for mount_ntfs
Link NTFS-3G to the system location. In a Terminal prompt:
sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.original sudo ln -s /usr/local/sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs
NOTE! If using Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitain:
- Some NTFS Softwares can not be launched due to Rootless. Look at this tutorial to see how to disable Rootless in Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan.
- Use the latest build of OSXfuse (3.1.0 or higher) to avoid System integrity Protection issues https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/releases
- (Otherwise on OSXfuse 2.8.3? If using El Capitan, System Integrity Protection’s
fsrole will first need to be disabled.)









