It seems to work fine in 32-bit mode, yet in 64-bit mode it fails to mount any NTFS volumes with an error. I know the latest beta of MacFuse is x64 SL ready, but I have a feeling NTFS-3G isn't comparable with x64. Is this being fixed? It's the only thing preventing me from running in x64 mode :/

Hi,

In fact, the only thing stopping you from running NTFS-3G in 64-bit mode is MacFUSE. MacFUSE hasn't yet been updated for the changed made to the kernel interfaces in the later part of Snow Leopard's development cycle.
NTFS-3G doesn't need to be 64-bit in order to run on Snow Leopard (going 64-bit would break Tiger compatibility as Tiger doesn't have 64-bit versions of all necessary libraries).

Please direct your questions towards: http://groups.google.com/group/macfuse

- Erik

Or if you don't want to wait for MacFuse to be fixed for 64-bit, on SnowLeopard you can always use the built-in kernel NTFS driver (which I wrote btw. :) ) instead of NTFS-3g...

To make read-write the default for a volume simply create a file /etc/fstab and put a line like the following for each NTFS volume:

LABEL=mylabel none ntfs rw

Where "mylabel" is the label of the NTFS volume (the name under the icon of the NTFS volume on your desktop).

Alternatively you can use UUID=myuuid instead of LABEL=mylabel in which case myuuid is obtained by running:

echo `sudo /System/Library/Filesystems/ntfs.fs/ntfs.util -k disk0s4`

That assumes disk0s4 is the NTFS volume containing device so you need to change that accordingly to match your device. To find out on which device an NTFS volume is mounted at present run "mount".

Best regards,

Anton

I'm new(3 months) to Mac so i can call myself an official noob (still learning). When i was using 10.5.7 i just had to install ntfs-3g and it runs perfectly. Now with 10.6 around i'm having issues like:-

MacFuse is not 64bit (is this an issue)
ntfs-3g is having problems uninstalling that led me to reinstall my OS

My question is does ntfs-3g fully support 10.6 or do i have to wait? or is there an alternative.

Lastly Anton prescribed a manner to use an internal ntfs kernel or some sort with a command line and creating a file of some sort.. What is that about, being a noob i dun understand what he said and the instructions too..

I'm sorry for phrasing my sentence badly with the inconvenience

Sincerely

Brian

Anton, first of all thank you it works perfectly, but please tell me is there a way to make it default for all ntfs drives to support r/w ?

i have removed NTFS-3G and I am using Anton's tip. Seems to work fine for the time being.

Seriously... how bout some straight talk for click-and-install users.

It so happens that I could figure out the above steps but really I use a mac cuz I don't want to deal with the low level stuff like that. I like NTFS-3G because it's plug & play.

so someone please answer brian's questions.

and in addition, if you're saying NTSF-3G is not needed in SL then: a) how do you uninstall it and b) who is going to create the GUI configuration utility and when will it be out?

Quick uninstall:
Full uninstall: http://tuxera.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1271&sid=3d9dbca23220ca2116faf9afa421484f


Maybe you will? Or who did you have in mind? :)

- Erik

i follow what anton said

first i create a file called fstab then i put it in the etc folder.

i put in the line UUID=disk1s3 none ntfs rw within the fstab file...

but still nothing is happening what am i missing..

Brian

That isn't the correct UUID....

Connect the drive via USB
Go to Disk Utilities
Right click the volume that you need the UUID for and select Information

Copy the ID next to the label "Universal Unique Identifier"

THAT is your UUID. I did it and it works perfectly... THANKS Anton!