7.23.2009

How-To: Write to Windows Drive/Partition in OS X

If you have installed a copy of windows on your mac there has probably been a time, or many times, that you wished to transfer files to your windows partition from directly inside OS X. Well today I came across a very simple way to do just that. The best part is that it is completely free, and only takes about 5 minutes(or less) to set up. Lets get started shall we!
  1. Go get MacFUSE and install it
  2. Go get NTFS-3G and install it
  3. Reboot your system for the installations to take affect
Thats it! If you are having trouble finding the download link for NTFS-3G, here it is.
Here is the result in actions. First you will see I copy the file 'axxo' from OS X to my windows partition(It is called Untitled, but you will just have to believe me that it really is my windows partition).

Second I am using quicklook on the windows partition of the 'axxo' file that I just transferred.

Enjoy!

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