Make USB/Hard drive writable in MacOS

Make USB Flash drive of External hard drive writable.

Warning: Use this on your own risk, There is a very real chance that something could go wrong.


1 . Open Terminal

sudo vim /etc/fstab

2. Press ‘i’ to write in file.

3 . Write following line in that file

LABEL=DRIVENAME none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowse

if your Drive name is ABC then text would be
LABEL=ABC none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowse

3 . Save & Exit

  • press ‘Esc’
  • type ‘:wq’ without quotes.
  • press ‘Enter’

4 . Access Drive

  • Go to Finder
  • press ‘Command+Shift+G’
  • Enter folder name ‘/Volumes’
  • Press ‘Enter’