![]() Remember to download and install Fuse4X first, from here (and here’s hoping that this Fuse4X page isn’t taken down for the forseeable future). So here’s the link for NTFS-3G built against Fuse4X, built on OSX 10.9 / Mavericks, although I believe it should work also on previous versions too until at least Snow Leopard (let me know if it doesn’t). I’ve made a small fix on my NTFS-3G build script that was causing the gettext build (a dependency for NTFS-3G) to fail, and turns out Fuse4x+NTFS-3G still works well, so I’m gonna stick with it for as long as I can, and hope it still works on Yosemite when it’s released. I’m done with NTFS-FREE, so there was really just one choice. So, with no fixed OSXFuse build in sight, my options thinned: either I’d go back to NTFS-FREE or Fuse4X+NTFS-3G. Developer states there are no plans for when OSXFuse 3.x will be released When asked about when that fixed code will make into a release, developer replies that this new code is part of a large restructuring that will only make into a major release (OSXFuse 3.x), and that the current release cycle (2.x) will not get this code.User compiles source with the new code and confirms the problem is in fact fixed.After awhile developer acknowledges the user’s comments, and states that due to some restructuring on code dealing with mounting volumes, the problem may have been fixed by proxy.One user takes it up to task to compare Fuse4x and OSXFuse code and do some debugging, eventually finds some possible causes and comments on them.Developer still oblivious and eventually makes no more comments.Users keep reporting the problem and insist it’s not on NTFS-3G because it worked with the alternate Fuse implementation (Fuse4x).Developer doesn’t acknowledge the problem – tries to shift blame to NTFS-3G.Many users report the problem (“me too” posts).It’s sort of a long and kind of technical read, so I’ll try to summarize: Well, that problem with volume folders not being deleted on unmount hasn’t been fixed yet (at least on any user release), but I guess there’s some news at least: That issue is tracked in this github issue. I’ve also talked about the state of things with OSXFuse on the previous post. ![]() ![]() So, a few weeks ago I decided to move on again. I also started seeing some strange slowdowns on OSX as a whole sometimes. Since I don’t really use external drives formatted in NTFS, even though I didn’t like this solution, I just plodded on with it.īut then, for the past month I’ve started noticing some strange behaviour on my NTFS volumes, like files that suddenly couldn’t be accessed on OSX for no apparent reason, although they were fine when accessing them from Windows, and running chkdsk on the volumes revealed no problems. I’ve manually created links on the desktop, but that’s really just a workaround, and for people that use external drives it’s really an ugly hack. You can still get to it by using Go / Go to Folder… on the Finder menu and typing “/Volumes/”, but that’s not really convenient. First, when a volume is mounted read/write with the OSX driver, it’s invisible on Finder – meaning there’s no link for these volumes on Finder windows or on the desktop. sbin/mount_ntfs_dist -o rw,auto,nobrowse although I’ve used that hack for some time, I was never satisfied with it for a few reasons. On the editor, paste the following and save:.# mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs_dist Renaming the standard NTFS mount binary and replacing it:.As I’ve mentioned before on one of the earlier posts, the native OSX driver can be coerced into working in read/write mode. What’ve used for the greater part of this year is OSX’ own native NTFS driver. I’ve kept using NTFS-FREE for awhile, but due to the reasons I’ve outlined in the previous post, and the fact it too has some limitations and problems, I’ve decided to let go of it after a few months. So, not much has changed since last time. It has been almost year since the last post, and with OSX Yosemite just around the corner, I guess it’s time for a small update on how things have been going for the past year.
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