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hello to all! this is my first post here because i could not figure out this problem at all! i'm a recent windows to mac converter and love my new imac 
. i've ran into this problem that i'm sure most of you know about and it's that OS X is not able to write to a NTFS hard drive. my external hard drive that i was using before with windows has all my data and files and i really don't want to reformat it. now, i know using macFUSE and NTFS-3G it is possible to mount an NTFS hard drive and have OS X be able to write to it but i can't figure it out right!
I have spent the past 6 hours online going from site to site and following different people's directions and cannot get it to work! i installed macFUSE, then NTFS-3G and restart, un-mount the drive, go into the terminal and enter what you're suppose to (at least i think i am doing it right...), and then try to mount my hard drive again and it still shows up as a read only drive. i am going insane! i've seen so many posts on other forums of how easy it is and i can't get it! if anyone can help me... please, i would so appreciate it! and i do need specific step my step instructions being that i'm a total newbie... ;D thanks!!
by the way i'm using OS X 10.5.2
. i've ran into this problem that i'm sure most of you know about and it's that OS X is not able to write to a NTFS hard drive. my external hard drive that i was using before with windows has all my data and files and i really don't want to reformat it. now, i know using macFUSE and NTFS-3G it is possible to mount an NTFS hard drive and have OS X be able to write to it but i can't figure it out right! I have spent the past 6 hours online going from site to site and following different people's directions and cannot get it to work! i installed macFUSE, then NTFS-3G and restart, un-mount the drive, go into the terminal and enter what you're suppose to (at least i think i am doing it right...), and then try to mount my hard drive again and it still shows up as a read only drive. i am going insane! i've seen so many posts on other forums of how easy it is and i can't get it! if anyone can help me... please, i would so appreciate it! and i do need specific step my step instructions being that i'm a total newbie... ;D thanks!!
by the way i'm using OS X 10.5.2
