tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post955067704278387169..comments2023-09-23T18:48:06.541+02:00Comments on NTFS-3G for Mac OS X: NTFS-3G 1.1104Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326970669258666618noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-56286610118639905652008-06-03T10:03:00.000+02:002008-06-03T10:03:00.000+02:00asskick:A quick way:sudo rm -r /System/Library/Fil...asskick:<BR/><BR/>A quick way:<BR/><BR/>sudo rm -r /System/Library/Filesystems/ntfs-3g.fs<BR/><BR/>Why did you install this old version?Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18326970669258666618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-60183550973419884672008-06-03T09:28:00.000+02:002008-06-03T09:28:00.000+02:00waaaah, I installed macfuse and after i installed ...waaaah, I installed macfuse and after i installed ntf 3g. after reboot, my osx sho only the dock, no finder bar! help how to remove ntfs3g via terminal?The Barbarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10098013843081736721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-81224908957793049332008-01-10T18:09:00.000+01:002008-01-10T18:09:00.000+01:00Erik, Thanks for the response.I know it sounds wei...Erik, <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the response.<BR/><BR/>I know it sounds weird, why would one need or use an NTFS format on Mac OS X, just use HFS Plus.<BR/><BR/>and there is only one reason I can think of and that is my situation.<BR/><BR/>I am a video engineer / media producer and have a lot of original media that I need to put on a drive for a client of mine, they want it on a Windows format, since they are a Windows shop.<BR/><BR/>Now FAT32 (while able to be seen from both Mac OS X and Windows) seems like the format to use, for video it is actually useless, especially if you have file sizes in excess of 4GB (that is the the FAT32 limitation), and in video you do, regularly.<BR/><BR/>Since I am a systems engineer, I realize I could simply put this SATA II drive in a Windows box and copy the data over my Gig E network, and that is really probably the best way to do this.<BR/><BR/>But I don't have a Windows box available, and not one with SATA II (although I might have one at work that I can get if need be).<BR/><BR/>Thus the Boot Camp deal. I formatted the WD Caviar 750 GB drive in Leopard Boot Camp and Win XP SP2. Formatted NTF and I (actually went ahead and installed Windows on this drive, really did not want to).<BR/><BR/>I then installed MacFUSE, easy<BR/><BR/>I then installed NTFS-3G, stable<BR/><BR/>Dragged 1 at a time, 3, 80 plus GB folders and it was copying, it seemed slow, so I uninstalled stable build and installed ublio and it copied fully, a little faster this time, all folders and files were present.<BR/><BR/>I did create a folder on the root of the NTFS volume and then folders within that folders, only a few, not many and move the copied folders into those folders.<BR/><BR/>Everything was fine, went to work, came home, opened up the NTFS volume, called Untitled (boot camp does this)<BR/>and no folders or files can be seen within the the main root level folder, even though OS X Get Info reports 240 plus GB's are used.<BR/><BR/>I also deleted, all the Windows system files, after I copied the data over, feeling I did not care if this drive was a bootable in WIndows or not, it should not have had an affect, I would think.<BR/><BR/>The question is, and I'll have to check, can Boot Camp recognize any Additional NTFS volumes within ones Mac.<BR/><BR/>If not I'll need a dedicated Windows box to copy this data over, or recopy it again, with the NTFS-3G method and remove the drive right away, although how can I be sure it will be seen by a Windows XP box, unless I actually test that.<BR/><BR/>Keep in mind, this is a Mac Pro with all 4 internal SATA II drives filled, 3 HFS plus, 1 NTFS, there no external drives.<BR/><BR/>At this point I do not have a drive that is a sole WIndows Boot Camp drive, since my original data is on that drive and my only true backup.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again,<BR/><BR/>macguitarman@mac.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-74372163346056443252008-01-10T13:16:00.000+01:002008-01-10T13:16:00.000+01:00macguitarman:I'm not sure that I understand your p...macguitarman:<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure that I understand your problem completely.<BR/>I understand that you are running Leopard on a Mac Pro, with a Boot Camp setup... so you're dual booting OS X and Windows? Sounds fair.<BR/><BR/>From within OS X, you created a lot of new files and folders, and now you can't view some of them? Can you view them from within Windows?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, even though I can't really make out your configuration and what happened from what you wrote, some general advice is:<BR/>- If you're only using internal drives, don't use the ublio build... it will hardly give you any performance increase at all.<BR/>- If you suspect that something has gone wrong on the NTFS drive, the only program that can fix it nicely should be chkdsk in Windows, or commercial third party tools. If you're using an NTFS drive in OS X, I assume that it is periodically connected to some computer running Windows... otherwise I fail to see the point in using NTFS on OS X.<BR/>- You should not need to eject the drive each time you reboot with the standard build. Probably not with the ublio build either, but there is a bigger risk that some cached data is not written to disk then... I will investigate if there's any risk of data loss in that situation.Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18326970669258666618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-65699725388574772512008-01-10T01:22:00.000+01:002008-01-10T01:22:00.000+01:00OK, everything was going OK.10.5.1, MacPro, 7 GB R...OK, everything was going OK.<BR/><BR/>10.5.1, MacPro, 7 GB RAM, all 4 drives bays filled. Formatted WD 750 GB drive in Leopard BootCamp.<BR/><BR/>Installed latest MacFuse and stable, then ublio NTFS-3G.<BR/><BR/>Copied 3, 80 GB folders to drive, easily.<BR/><BR/>Created subfolders within main folder on this NTFS drive. I have done nothing since, go to work and come home and NTFS drive is mounted, can see main folder, but no folders (files) within.<BR/><BR/>What gives?, the drive reports 240 GB used, but can not see the folder contents. Does one have to eject the NTFS volume every time one logs out or reboots, is that an issue. <BR/><BR/>I have uninstalled MacFuse and and NTFS -3G and re-installed and to no avail.<BR/><BR/>How can I run an NTFS utility on this, I do not think it can be done via BootCamp, perhaps so, move the drive to a Windows box, not a big fan of that.<BR/><BR/>thanks in advanceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-44861634141942989132008-01-10T01:21:00.000+01:002008-01-10T01:21:00.000+01:00OK, everything was going OK.10.5.1, MacPro, 7 GB R...OK, everything was going OK.<BR/><BR/>10.5.1, MacPro, 7 GB RAM, all 4 drives bays filled. Formatted WD 750 GB drive in Leopard BootCamp.<BR/><BR/>Installed latest MacFuse and stable, then ublio NTFS-3G.<BR/><BR/>Copied 3, 80 GB folders to drive, easily.<BR/><BR/>Created subfolders within main folder on this NTFS drive. I have done nothing since, go to work and come home and NTFS drive is mounted, can see main folder, but no folders (files) within.<BR/><BR/>What gives?, the drive reports 240 GB used, but can not see the folder contents. Does one have to eject the NTFS volume every time one logs out or reboots, is that an issue. <BR/><BR/>I have uninstalled MacFuse and and NTFS -3G and re-installed and to no avail.<BR/><BR/>How can run NTFS utility on this, I do not thonk it can be done via BootCamp, perhaps so, move the drive to a Windows box, not a big fan of that.<BR/><BR/>thanks in advanceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-774858056721738692007-12-31T03:18:00.000+01:002007-12-31T03:18:00.000+01:00happy new year to all!happy new year to all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-1228027389624409462007-12-03T02:25:00.000+01:002007-12-03T02:25:00.000+01:00Sorry - I am using the latest version - posted my ...Sorry - I am using the latest version - posted my question in the wrong section! I'll try your suggestions and post any follow-ups in the right place (hopefully!)DC in Japanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11146032643268584031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-14067765098976746162007-12-02T15:52:00.000+01:002007-12-02T15:52:00.000+01:00DC in Japan:One question first... since you're com...DC in Japan:<BR/><BR/>One question first... since you're commenting on 1.1104, have you had problems with 1.1120, which is the newest release?<BR/><BR/>Renaming the drive in Windows will do the trick... the same name should show up in OS X. You can also change the label from within OS X with the command line utility ntfslabel which you can find at /usr/local/sbin/ntfslabel (included in this package). You will have to unmount the drive before trying to change the label with ntfslabel.Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18326970669258666618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-83960880477830915712007-12-02T15:16:00.000+01:002007-12-02T15:16:00.000+01:00Erik,Thank you for the great package - works every...Erik,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the great package - works every time for me. One request - can you tell me how to rename my NTFS drive to something better than "Untitled" - ideally automatically at startup? I'm using a Firewire drive and Leopard.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-75941667343430735082007-11-27T17:26:00.000+01:002007-11-27T17:26:00.000+01:00Could someone share a light about the following an...Could someone share a light about the following announcement?<BR/>># Added an option to disable NTFS-3G<BR/>> through a script in the "Tools" <BR/>> directory, allowing you to switch <BR/>> between the internal NTFS driver <BR/>> and NTFS-3G.<BR/><BR/>Could someone explain where the 'Tools' directory is? Should this be in /System/Library/Filesystems/ntfs-3g.fs?<BR/><BR/>I can only find a ntfs-3g.util script over there.<BR/><BR/>What options should be added to the tools command to reverse to the ntfs driver from os x?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249970694860304124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-5624334757814671732007-11-27T06:11:00.000+01:002007-11-27T06:11:00.000+01:00Drive: 320gig WD SATA drive in a enclosure via USB...Drive: 320gig WD SATA drive in a enclosure via USB2<BR/>Problem: I'm still having this problem of not be able to view anything in the drive (but I know datas are there because if I was to create a new folder/new file in the USB drive, it would appear for 0.1 seconds then disappear) then I boot into Windows and look in the USB drive there I can see the new folder/file I've created under OSX. but I can read/write the XP partition (bootcamp) just fine under OSX. Any idea or suggestions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-15167477894006742602007-11-23T03:28:00.000+01:002007-11-23T03:28:00.000+01:00thks ben, i'll try the above out and will let you ...thks ben, i'll try the above out and will let you know how it goes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-80421571528401217452007-11-22T12:23:00.000+01:002007-11-22T12:23:00.000+01:00@skI was having this problem as well, here is how ...@sk<BR/>I was having this problem as well, here is how I fixed it:<BR/><BR/>Drive not mounting and appearing in Disk Utility as a blue folder with red cross through it issue:<BR/>This happens because the drive has not been correctly unmounted. To fix this, boot into Windows or plug the hard drive into a Windows machine, then use the "Safely Remove Hardware" feature to correctly unmount the drive. After this Mac OS should mount the drive correctly.<BR/><BR/>Drive mounting with Mac OS Read Only Driver problem:<BR/>This has happened to me a few times, and appears to occur when problems occur on the disk. I'm guessing this is a safeguard in ntfs-3g where it refuses to mount when it realises there has been a problem? Anyway to fix this you again need to boot into Windows, and this time run checkdisk on the drive. For me this has happened automatically at boot, but if it does not, or if you have plugged the drive into another Windows machine, then run it from command prompt (Start->Run, type 'cmd' and push OK, then type 'chkdsk X: /f', where X is the letter of the drive in question).<BR/><BR/>Hope this helps<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>BenEloom123https://www.blogger.com/profile/08610197916401315377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-18477939609014501072007-11-22T11:47:00.000+01:002007-11-22T11:47:00.000+01:00hey erik, i tried mounting other ntfs drives, but ...hey erik, i tried mounting other ntfs drives, but it doesn't show on the desktop. a little check into disk utility showed that the disk had a blue folder with a stop sign over it, and mounted using the ntfs3g driver. plugging back my repaired ntfs drive, it shows that its mounted with the default mac ntfs driver. any help?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-49646030632876091732007-11-21T19:59:00.000+01:002007-11-21T19:59:00.000+01:00Anonymous, November 21, 2007 7:40 PM:I guess the t...Anonymous, November 21, 2007 7:40 PM:<BR/><BR/>I guess the thing is that from the outside, there's no way that ntfs-3g can know if the drive was previously mounted with write cache enabled or not. It only sees that the volume is marked as in use because proper unmounting was never done.<BR/>Naturally, it assumes the worst.<BR/><BR/>It's the most logical behavior, because going on to mount the drive could possibly result in data loss. You can force mount the drive from the command line if you know for sure that the drive is ok, but there's no GUI way to do that at the moment.<BR/><BR/>And no, you shouldn't stay away from disk utility. I use it all the time to unmount/remount my ntfs volume during testing. If it behaves strangely, please enable debug logging through the script supplied in the release .dmg and check the log for any clues why it behaves that way. It works for me. :>Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18326970669258666618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-62311063746684591032007-11-21T19:40:00.000+01:002007-11-21T19:40:00.000+01:00OK Erik, first doing the "safe remove hardware" fr...OK Erik, first doing the "safe remove hardware" from the PC did the trick: it now mounts on the Mac desktop. (Slow as molasses though - about ten seconds to mount, and copies large files at 1 MB/sec. ... but we're aware that slow speed is par for the course for now.)<BR/><BR/>I was surprised that "safe remove hardware" was needed, because when I formatted the HD I set the driver properties to disable the write cache for quick removal & not needing the safe remove hardware button in the task bar. I wonder, what's up with that?<BR/><BR/>When I unmount the HD and then use Apple Disk Utility to remount it, I get the spinning beach ball for 10-20 seconds and it gives an error message about being unable to mount the drive, but it does mount. I think I recall from reading about the way MacFUSE works is that you're going to tell me that this is because MacFUSE really is treating the HD as a network device and not like a local hard disk volume, so I need to ask you, do we need to stay away from Disk Utility (and instead just unplug/replug the cable)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-33893746087311140512007-11-20T14:59:00.000+01:002007-11-20T14:59:00.000+01:00Um, any help? it seems that my ntfs drive isn't mo...Um, any help? it seems that my ntfs drive isn't mounting using ntfs-3g...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-88187963955585233482007-11-20T13:54:00.000+01:002007-11-20T13:54:00.000+01:00Will you guys take it easy? I haven't had time to ...Will you guys take it easy? I haven't had time to build and test the 1.1120 release yet.<BR/>What specific feature are you so worked up about that you barely can wait for it?Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18326970669258666618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-10231872338824459992007-11-20T13:33:00.000+01:002007-11-20T13:33:00.000+01:00I see only NTFS-3G 1.1104 on:http://macntfs-3g.blo...I see only NTFS-3G 1.1104 on:<BR/>http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>Where can I download NTFS-3G 1.1120 for Mac OS X 10.4.10?<BR/><BR/><BR/>> Anonymous said...<BR/><BR/>> ntfs-3g 1.1120 is out. Can your update your package?<BR/>> November 19, 2007 11:13 PMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-86484143864420095882007-11-19T23:13:00.000+01:002007-11-19T23:13:00.000+01:00ntfs-3g 1.1120 is out. Can your update your packag...ntfs-3g 1.1120 is out. Can your update your package?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-41474417282125146412007-11-19T20:32:00.000+01:002007-11-19T20:32:00.000+01:00Fabulous speed! Thank you.Running on following:Mac...Fabulous speed! Thank you.<BR/><BR/>Running on following:<BR/>MacOS X 10.4.11<BR/>MacFUSE-Core-10.4-1.1.0.dmg<BR/>NTFS-3G 1.1104 [ublio]<BR/><BR/>Copying in Finder froma nad to NTFS drive: OK<BR/>Renaming files on NTFS drive: OK<BR/>Deleting on NTFS drive: no trash only directly (which is what you want anyway)<BR/><BR/>I have no tools to measure the transferspeed but it is really fast. I am a happy puppy.<BR/><BR/>CheersUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842001872825391979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-47591728878371424622007-11-19T20:17:00.000+01:002007-11-19T20:17:00.000+01:00Anonymous, November 19, 2007 8:02 PM:As you may no...Anonymous, November 19, 2007 8:02 PM:<BR/><BR/>As you may notice reading these comments, the most common cause of this kind of issue is that the NTFS drive has not been cleanly unmounted in Windows prior to detachment. You need to do "Safe remove hardware" before unplugging, always (you risk losing data otherwise, and the drive will be marked as in use).<BR/><BR/>If that doesn't work, run chkdsk in windows on the drive and try again. If it still doesn't work... well, then we need to find out more about your drive. :)Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18326970669258666618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-24460002705234666282007-11-19T20:02:00.000+01:002007-11-19T20:02:00.000+01:00I am not a programmer; just a Final Cut Pro user w...I am not a programmer; just a Final Cut Pro user who needs to store > 4 GB files on an NTFS HD.<BR/><BR/>I installed MacFUSE-Core-10.4-1.1.0 & NTFS-3G 1.1104 [stable] on Mac OS X 10.4.10. Virgin installs; never had an earlier version before.<BR/><BR/>My NTFS HD won't mount on my Finder desktop, or appear in any Save As dialogs.<BR/><BR/>However I can see that it's there in Disk Utility.<BR/><BR/>Any ideas what else I can do to get it to mount in the Finder?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156578562014006371.post-79168108891087362412007-11-19T19:33:00.000+01:002007-11-19T19:33:00.000+01:00well, now that everything works it only remains to...well, now that everything works it only remains to find a way to enable my shiny 500GB mybook in time machine :)Carlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11224790112122187920noreply@blogger.com