To uninstall ntfs-3g execute following in terminal:Īnd to restore the Apple’s NTFS mount tool again go to recovery and enter following in the terminal: Sudo ln -s /usr/local/sbin/mount_ntfs "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/sbin/mount_ntfs" Uninstallation Sudo mv "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/sbin/mount_ntfs" "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/sbin/mount_ntfs.orig" When in recovery mode go to Utilities and then click on Terminal and enter the following: To go into the recovery mode press command+R when the system boots. The following commands needs to be executed in the recovery mode. This will present a security risk for the system.įor replacing the ntfs-3g tool with the Apple’s NTFS mount tool execute the following commands in the terminal. This is not recommended as this will involve the replacement of the Apple’s NTFS mount tool /sbin/mount_ntfs.
#HOW TO FORMAT EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TO NTFS ON MAC MANUAL#
This is a manual process which needs to be done every time when you’ll connect your external HDD to the system. sudo /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g /dev/disk2s2 /Volumes/NTFS2 -olocal -oallow_otherĪfter this the two drives will be mounted in RW mode on your system.sudo /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g /dev/disk2s1 /Volumes/NTFS1 -olocal -oallow_other.So lets say you have 2 partitions on your HDD formatted as NTFS, then you will be using the following commands in sequence on terminal. Sudo /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g /dev/disk2s1 /Volumes/NTFS1 -olocal -oallow_other Again if there are 2 partitions mounted then use:ĭisk2s1 and disk2s2 are the names of the disks.ĭ) Run the below in terminal to mount the disk named as disk2s1 to the pre created folder NTFS1 in RW mode. This command will unmount the disks already mounted by the macOS system as we will again mount them by ntfs-3g in RW mode. The number of folders will depend on the number of drives you want to mount. If you are trying to mount 2 partitions of your HDD then make another folder using: This command will create NTFS1 folder for mounting. We have to create a folder for giving a mount point to the disks. Note the names of the External HDD drives.
These are the partitions of your external HDD. There will be the names such as disk2s1, disk2s1 etc. This will list all the connected drives to your device.
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