OS X supports the option to read NTFS-formatted drives, but has not supported writing to these drives. Therefore, the use of a third-party driver such as Paragon NTFS or Tuxera NTFS has been required for those seeking full NTFS support; however, OS X does support writing to NTFS, but this feature is just not enabled by default. To enable this feature, you have to do so on a per-volume basis, by editing the system's hidden fstab file to adjust the way the drive is automatically handled when attached and mounted. First ensure that your NTFS drive has a simple single-word name, and then go to the Applications Utilities folder and launch the Terminal program. In here, run the following command to edit the fstab file (supply your password when prompted): Enter this line into the fstab file, changing the label 'NAME' to match that of your drive. Screenshot by Topher Kessler/CNET sudo nano /etc/fstab. The Terminal should now show an editor window for the fstab file, in which you can enter the following all on one line.
Be sure to change the word NAME to the name of your drive (it is case-sensitive): LABEL=NAME none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowse When finished, press Control-O to save the file, followed by Control-X to exit, and then unmount your NTFS drive and attach it again. When you do so, the system will no longer immediately show it in the Finder, but you can go back to the Terminal and run the following command to reveal it in the hidden Volumes directory where the system mounts all attached drives: open /Volumes In the folder that opens, you should see the mounted NTFS volume, and should now be able to copy files to it, or otherwise manage files on it. If you need to access this volume more frequently, you can drag it to the sidebar, or make an alias of it in the location of your choice. You can also view the Volumes directory in Column mode to reveal it as a parent directory, from which you can create an alias instead of doing so on a per-drive basis. Keep in mind that the writing ability of Apple's NTFS driver has not been thoroughly tested, and though this will enable write support using Apple's driver, there may be some limitations or unknown behaviors with the driver, so use it with caution.
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I've been using an eMac to burn cd's of my music created with Garage Band and then imported into iTunes. However, if I try to re-write a cd that already has something on it the Mac just spits the disc back out and says you must insert blank media. I am unfamiliar with burning since my own Mac doesn't have a burner (too old). If I open the mounted volume to see the files on disc and try to trash them I get the 'you do not have sufficient permission' message. So can I re-use the same disk for a while and if so, how? Apple Footer.
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