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What is the best, easiest, preferably cheapest way to make Lion write to (external) NTFS-formatted drives in Mac OS Lion?

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The simplest solution would be to use MacFUSE and NTFS-3G for MacFUSE, though as of this post only Tuxera NTFS ( ~$35 USD) and PARAGON Software NTFS for OS X v.9.0 ($19.95 USD) support 10.7. You can grab the source for free from Tuxera for free, however.

As of OS X 10.6 you can natively enable NTFS support, though your mileage may vary. Follow this writeup by Mac OS X Hints if you're interested but I'd use the MacFUSE method over this one. Keep in mind that neither of these methods are fully supported.

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Just to note—I've had some problems with NTFS-3G & Lion lately, which might be because the OS X binary is a bit outdated (2010.10.2 versus 2011.4.12) – koiyu Aug 8 '11 at 17:08
Paragon NTFS for Mac v9 IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH LION. Double-click the package gives "The operation couldn't be completed" – user17657 Jan 24 '12 at 3:42
any disadvantages of using Tuxera NTFS for the new macbook pro retina ? – Render Jul 23 '12 at 13:29
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MacFuse is pretty much abandonware, and hasn't been updated since 2009. There is a new project called OSXFuse that is picking up where MacFuse left off and is compatible with Lion:

http://osxfuse.github.com/

Also, as of 10/25/2011, the easy download location for the open source NTFS-3G

http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/2010/10/ntfs-3g-for-mac-os-x-2010102.html

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