Writing to an NTFS drive on OS X

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Writing to an NTFS drive on OS X

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Is there any way to write to a drive formated in NTFS format in OS X?
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According to this, OS X NTFS support is read-only. This is probably due to patent problems, as NTFS is heavily patent encumbered (for this reason, many Linux distros include read-only drivers for NTFS out of the box, although the Captive 3G read/write drivers are invariably offered in the repos somewhere).
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Use MacFUSE. Be warned that it is somewhat slow.
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MacFUSE is your only bet, really.
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