Ntfs Mountain Lion English

HOW TO: NFTS Read and write on Lion/Mountain Lion

1. install brew package manager. http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/

2. install the following packages.

$ brew install fuse4x
$ brew install ntfs-3g

1. copy the following file and set permissions.

$ sudo cp -rfX /usr/local/Cellar/fuse4x-kext/0.8.14/Library/Extensions/fuse4x.kext /System/Library/Extensions
$ sudo chmod +s /System/Library/Extensions/fuse4x.kext/Support/load_fuse4x

1. backup the mount script.

$ sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.orig

1. create a new mount script and set permissions.

$ sudo touch /sbin/mount_ntfs
$ sudo chmod 0755 /sbin/mount_ntfs
$ sudo chown 0:0 /sbin/mount_ntfs
$ sudo nano /sbin/mount_ntfs

1. mount script content.

#!/bin/bash

VOLUME_NAME="${@:$#}"
VOLUME_NAME=${VOLUME_NAME#/Volumes/}
USER_ID=501
GROUP_ID=20
TIMEOUT=20

if [ `/usr/bin/stat -f "%u" /dev/console` -eq 0 ]; then
        USERNAME=`/usr/bin/defaults read /library/preferences/com.apple.loginwindow | /usr/bin/grep autoLoginUser | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $3 }' | /usr/bin/sed 's/;//'`
        if [ "$USERNAME" = "" ]; then
                until [ `stat -f "%u" /dev/console` -ne 0 ] || [ $TIMEOUT -eq 0 ]; do
                        sleep 1
                        let TIMEOUT--
                done
                if [ $TIMEOUT -ne 0 ]; then
                        USER_ID=`/usr/bin/stat -f "%u" /dev/console`
                        GROUP_ID=`/usr/bin/stat -f "%g" /dev/console`
                fi
        else
                USER_ID=`/usr/bin/id -u $USERNAME`
                GROUP_ID=`/usr/bin/id -g $USERNAME`
        fi
else
        USER_ID=`/usr/bin/stat -f "%u" /dev/console`
        GROUP_ID=`/usr/bin/stat -f "%g" /dev/console`
fi

/usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g \
        -o volname="${VOLUME_NAME}" \
        -o local \
        -o noappledouble \
        -o negative_vncache \
        -o auto_xattr \
        -o auto_cache \
        -o noatime \
        -o windows_names \
        -o user_xattr \
        -o inherit \
        -o uid=$USER_ID \
        -o gid=$GROUP_ID \
        -o allow_other \
        "$@" &> /var/log/ntfsmnt.log

exit $?;

References:

1. http://psionides.eu/2011/11/20/how-to-fix-ntfs-support-on-osx-lion/
2. http://fernandoff.posterous.com/ntfs-write-support-on-osx-lion-with-ntfs-3g-f