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How to add NTFS write support to OS X 10.9 Mavericks with Brew
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You need to install fuse4x and ntfs-3g for NTFS write support in OS X Mavericks:

brew update
brew install fuse4x
brew install ntfs-3g
sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.orig
sudo ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/ntfs-3g/2013.1.13/sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs
brew info fuse4x-kext

After "brew info fuse4x-kext" command, you'll see two commands:

sudo /bin/cp -rfX /usr/local/Cellar/fuse4x-kext/0.9.2/Library/Extensions/fuse4x.kext /Library/Extensions
sudo chmod +s /Library/Extensions/fuse4x.kext/Support/load_fuse4x

Execute these commands and reboot your system.

Your system will able to write in NTFS file systems after reboot.

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hasenj commented Mar 3, 2014

Please note that ntfs-3g now requires osxfuse which conflicts with fuse4x ..

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