Learn how you can read and write to a NTFS formatted Windows drive in Mac OS X.
If you recently switched from Windows to Mac OS X you might have a NTFS drive with some files lying around. Now there is a solution available making the drive available in Mac OS X with full read / write support. Best of all, it is free.
Make sure you have ejected the NTFS drive from your Windows computer correctly before removing the USB / FW cable. It can be done by right clicking the drive in My Computer and select eject. If the drive is an external one.
Get back to your Mac OS X computer where you first have to download and install MacFUSE. This application will allow Mac OS X to extend the supported filesystems with 3rd party drivers.
You can get MacFUSE here: http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/
After installing you will have to restart your computer.
After the reboot go here http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/ and download the ntfs-3g driver. You have the choice to select the stable driver, or the performance enhanced driver. I selected the stable one. I have also used the driver with performance patches and it seems to work fine too, and it is a bit faster.
Install the driver, and when everything is installed you can plug in your NTFS formatted drive with full read / write support !
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