Writing to an NTFS drive from a Mac

If you have ever tried to write to an NTFS drive from a Mac, you may have been frustrated. NTFS is sometimes chosen over FAT32 since it support files larger than 4GB. However, a common misconception is that Macs cannot write to NTFS. However, this is in fact supported by Apple, you just have to know how to do it. All you need to do is add one line to your /etc/fstab file (create it if it does not exist):

LABEL=drivename none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowse

Replace with the name of the drive you are mounting. Make sure that the drive name does not contain any spaces. After editing the file, then remount the drive and you are good to go. Just a little tip for you, and for me, when I forget what I did.