Ok… so my mac is running out of space and i found some folders to backup (and remove from my comp). I happily took out the (new) seagate external hard disk and plugged it in my comp… and… lo and behold… i can't write to that drive cos its in NTFS format. Can read the folder, but not write… Bravo… google time!
The best solution i saw was to install Macfuse - which i already have - and NTFS-3G.
Problem 1) NTFS-3G came up with a commercial, more reliable, but paid program called Tuxera. I didn’t know the diff between the two at 1st, and downloaded the paid one (actually, i thought the changed the program from free to paid). Installed it halfway, and abandoned installation. Than it keep giving me error messages saying that the license code was wrong… restarted and to no avail… finally got it after i copied and pasted a bunch of code to terminal to remove that program completely.
Problem 2) Some error message about macfuse being not found kept popping out… by that time i was getting really really pissed… with the error i can't even read the external hard disk anymore. no new macfuse updates could be found, reinstalling macfuse didn’t work… only later than i read somewhere that they came up with a new version of macfuse called… OSX fuse. Bravo… no wonder i couldn’t find it! No links from the old site to the OSX fuse page either. -.-'''
After installing that, it finally worked… i can now read AND write to the NTFS drive...
Links:
NTFS-3G - Main blog site - Note to self: look for NTFS-3G, not Tuxera
EDIT: ok, i think the devs of macfuse and osxfuse are two diff teams? oh wells, i'm just glad that there are ppl working on these open source freeware for everyone to enjoy :)
Whee… 8.7GB of space freed up… now let's backup more stuff...
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