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

Optional & nice additional tools:

• MacFusion (MacFuse GUI, great for daily MacFuse usage)
• FinkCommander (Fink-GUI, comes with the full fink-installer)

Follow those steps:

1. Install MacFuse (Core) from here . In my case it was: MacFUSE-Core-0.4.0.dmg
2. Install Fink from here. In my case it was: Fink 0.8.1. Binary Installer (Intel)

After having both requirements installed you need to get the NTFS Fuse drivers. At the moment they are part of the unstable fink tree. To access that part we need to change our fink configuration.

1. Open Terminal.app
2. Enter:
   1. /sw/bin/fink configure
      Use defaults, except answer YES regarding the unstable tree
   2. /sw/bin/fink selfupdate
   3. /sw/bin/fink index
   4. /sw/bin/fink scanpackages
   5. /sw/bin/fink install ntfs-3g
3. Reboot your mac.
4. Mount your NTFS-drive via ntfs-3g
   1. Be sure your NTFS drive is not auto-mounted by OSX. If it is, open DiskUtility, select the drive and press unmount.
   2. Create a new mountpoint for the ntfs-drive. i.e. in terminal: mkdir /Volumes/MyNtfsDrive
   3. Mount the drive in terminal via: /sw/bin/ntfs-3g /dev/diskXsY /Volumes/MyNtfsDrive

NOTE: Replace X & Y in /dev/diskXsY with your drive !

Your NTFS-drive should appear on your Desktop as supposed with full write support. I hope this short to-do list helps you out.

EDIT:

I am not really sure, but maybe you need to have XCode from apple Developer Tools installed before you start installing MacFuse and Fink. If you have any problems with MacFuse & Fink check if you have them already installed or not.

Tags: fink, howto, intel, macfuse, ntfs, ntfs-3g, read & write ntfs