Enable writing to NTFS harddrive with non-standard name on Mac

Solution 1:

You can use the UUID instead of the volume label however a word of warning about using the built-in NTFS Write capability of OS X... It's not stable and I'd highly recommend using a third party utility. I use the paid version of Tuxera NTFS for Mac and enable/disable as needed. IMO it's faster and more safe then the built-in.

Example:

UUID=4485D2B9-C375-5240-8F5A-2225B24332EB none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowse

You can get the Universal Unique Identifier of the Partition from Get Info in Disk Utility. Select the target partition then either click the Info icon on the Toolbar, press Command-I or click File > Get Info.

Solution 2:

You should replace the spaces with the escape sequence ‘\040’. Then it works fine. For example:

LABEL=My\040External\040Drive none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowse