Quickly mount a NTFS disk read/write on all recent OS X (including Yosemite, El Capitan):
- Open Application -> Utilities -> Terminal
- Type
mount
and look for the line with your disk. It will show something like:/dev/disk3s1 on /Volumes/MyDisk (ntfs, local, noowners, nobrowse)
- Type the following in the Terminal, replacing
/dev/diskXsX
with your disk as shown in themount
command:
1234sudo mkdir /Volumes/Mountsudo mount -o rw,auto,nobrowse -t ntfs /dev/diskXsX /Volumes/Mount/open /Volumes/Mount/
To make this change permanent run the following (correct for El Capitan):
- Run the following command, changing /dev/diskXsX to your disk:
1234export DEVICE=/dev/diskXsXecho UUID=`diskutil info $DEVICE | grep UUID | awk '{print $3}'` none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowseecho LABEL=NTFS none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowse - Run
sudo vifs
and paste in the output from the previous 2 lines. To do this pressdown
to go to the bottom of the file,A
to start adding text, paste in the 2 lines then pressescape
and:wq
to write the file. (vifs is the only safe way to edit the fstab in OS X). - Run the following to mount the disk
1234sudo umount /Volumes/$DEVICEsudo diskutil mountDisk $DEVICEsudo open `mount | grep $DEVICE | awk '{print $3}'`
Note: The device will no longer automatically open a window when you attach it. To access it open a Finder window and select the Go
-> Go to Folder
to /Volumes