NTFS Support in Snow Leopard

I have just installed a copy of OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard on my computer and found out that my NTFS external hard drive no longer supports read and write even with the NTFS-3G (http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/). I found this forum post on how to enable NTFS read/write support natively in Snow Leopard: http://www.overclock.net/mac/585239-how-snow-leopard-enable-native-ntfs.html

If it ever disappears here is the quoted steps from the above webpage:

Here’s how to get full read/write support for NTFS drives in Snow Leopard. First, uninstall NTFS-3G or Paragon if you’re using either one:

1. In Terminal, type diskutil info /Volumes/volume_name, where volume_name is the name of the NTFS volume. From the output, copy the Volume UUID value to the clipboard.

2. Back up /etc/fstab if you have it; it shouldn’t be there in a default install.

3. Type sudo nano /etc/fstab.

4. In the editor, type UUID=, then paste the UUID number you copied from the clipboard. Type a Space, then type none ntfs rw. The final line should look like this: UUID=123-456-789 none ntfs rw, where 123-456-789 is the UUID you copied in the first step.

5. Repeat the above steps for any other NTFS drives/partitions you have.

6. Save the file and quit nano (Control-X, Y, Enter), then restart your system.

That’s it. I’m not sure how reliable it is but I’ll make an edit if it is not.

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