{"id":8918,"date":"2026-03-31T16:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T23:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/?p=8918"},"modified":"2026-05-11T14:23:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:23:41","slug":"mount-ntfs-on-macos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/mount-ntfs-on-macos.html","title":{"rendered":"Mount NTFS On macOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Since the macOS updated to Sonoma and Sequoia, it&#8217;s sometimes quite difficult to install ntfs-3g, so I copy the whole directory that works, just put it on the personal library folder and access with command line and it will mount and work perfectly. Must install <a href=\"https:\/\/macfuse.github.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"w3-button w3-blue w3-round-xlarge\">macFuse<\/button><\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-player\" data-id=\"N3uwQijTrGA\"><\/div>\n<p><em><button class=\"w3-button w3-green w3-round-xlarge\">This one is confirmed working with MacBook Air M4.<\/button><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1. Install <a href=\"https:\/\/macfuse.github.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"w3-button w3-blue w3-round-xlarge\">macfuse 5.2 (latest)<\/button><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>2. Install <a href=\"https:\/\/brew.sh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"w3-button w3-black w3-round-xlarge\">brew.sh with Xcode command line<\/button><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>3. Install <button class=\"w3-button w3-red w3-round-xlarge\">ntfs-3g-mac<\/button> :\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<pre><code>brew install gromgit\/fuse\/ntfs-3g-mac<\/code><\/pre>\n<pre><code>brew install --cask mounty<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><em>4. Go to the Application Folder and execute Mounty App to mount the NTFS USB hard drive. After mounted, we can read\/write to the NTFS drive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-content\/uploads\/mounty_app.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9007\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-content\/uploads\/mounty_app.png\" alt=\"mount ntfs with mounty app\" width=\"398\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-content\/uploads\/mounty_app.png 398w, https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-content\/uploads\/mounty_app-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-content\/uploads\/mounty_app-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-content\/uploads\/mounty_app1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-content\/uploads\/mounty_app1.png\" alt=\"mount ntfs with mounty app\" width=\"446\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-content\/uploads\/mounty_app1.png 446w, https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-content\/uploads\/mounty_app1-300x266.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><button class=\"w3-button w3-black w3-round-xlarge\">Manual Method<\/button><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1. Use Show-Hide Files App to show hidden files or use the terminal to type these commands.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><code><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><kbd>defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles true<\/kbd><\/b><\/code><\/p>\n<p><code><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><kbd>killall Finder<\/kbd><\/b><\/code><\/p>\n<p><em>2. Navigage to opt\/homebrew\/Cellar\/ntfs-3g-mac\/ and copy the folder &#8220;2022.10.3&#8221; to the user folder and rename it to &#8220;ntfs&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>3.\u00a0 Hide all hidden files again.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><code><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><kbd>defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles false<\/kbd><\/b><\/code><\/p>\n<p><code><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><kbd>killall Finder<\/kbd><\/b><\/code><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>diskutil list !!get the ntfs disk designator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8919\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8919\" style=\"width: 581px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_diskutil_list.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_diskutil_list.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_diskutil_list.jpg 581w, https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_diskutil_list-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">diskutil list<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>unmount the NTFS drive.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">sudo ~\/ntfs\/bin\/ntfs-3g -o auto_xattr<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\/dev\/disk2s1 \/Volumes\/NTFS<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8920\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8920\" style=\"width: 254px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-content\/uploads\/ntfs_mounted-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-content\/uploads\/ntfs_mounted-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ntfs mounted<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8921\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8921\" style=\"width: 579px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_command_line.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8921\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_command_line.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_command_line.jpg 579w, https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_command_line-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">command line<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the macOS updated to Sonoma and Sequoia, it&#8217;s sometimes quite difficult to install ntfs-3g, so I copy the whole directory that works, just put it on the personal library folder and access with command line and it will mount and work perfectly. Must install .\u00a0 1. Install . 2. Install . 3. 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