Enable NTFS with No Softwares [Natively] Mac High Sierra 10.13.1 (17B48)

Mac by default disabled the NTFS write support. I am using MacBook Pro 2016 with TouchBar 15 inch.

I updated the Mac with most recent version of OS Mac High Sierra 10.13.1 (17B48).

In this Article I am sharing my experience on How i successfully Enabled NTFS write support natively.

I have a Western Digital HDD (External) with 3 Partitions.

First I renamed the Drive without spaces

WD Drive 1 to Drive1

WD Drive 2 to Drive2

WD Drive 3 to Drive3

Open Terminal

Open spotlight and search for Terminal

then write the following command on the terminal

$ sudo vim /etc/fstab

Write the following where Drive3 is my drive name (Label)

LABEL=Drive3 none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowse

You are done.

Incase if your drive is already connected to computer, then Eject the drive and reconnect it.

You wont see the change anywhere. Just follow the instructions now

Open Finder and choose Go-> Go to Folder

Enter

/Volumes

Now this Drive3 is writable

You can also confirm it by Right click and choose Get Info on the Drive3. It will show "This drive is Writable"

How to Create a Shortcut of Volumes Folder to Desktop

Issue the following command on the Terminal which will create a shortcut to /Volumes Folder

sudo ln -s /Volumes ~/Desktop/Volumes

If you want the Finder Left Side bar to have the /Volumes directory then do the following

Open Your Macintosh HD drive which is (~/)

Then Press Command Shift Dot  ( Command Key + Shift Key + . (Dot Key) ) it will show the hidden files in the above directory


Now drag and drop the Volumes folder to the Left sidebar of Finder