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MacFUSE updated to 2.0 now includes 64-bit and Snow Leopard support
MacFUSE is awesome. It allows you to mount a remote server's filesystem, view your iTunes library in Finder, read from and write to NTFS hard drives, and much more! With all of this functionality crammed into a free product one would think it could not get any better. Amazingly, it has.
The latest version of MacFUSE was released yesterday and with it comes several new features, including 64-bit support for Leopard systems with 64-bit processors, experimental support for the impending release of Mac OS X 10.6 (AKA Snow Leopard), and even a new preference pane that eases the installation and upgrade procedure of MacFUSE. The preference pane is a GUI for the Install/Update Engine introduced in version 1.7 for the purpose of providing developers a simpler mechanism for distributing MacFUSE with their FUSE filesystem packages. More information about what is included can be found in the project's changelog.
MacFUSE is a free download and, unlike the previous release, includes support for 10.4 and 10.5 in the same package.
[via Lifehacker]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
jarnot said 7:23PM on 12-09-2008
Does anyone know where you can download updated and additional filesystems for MacFUSE?
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interconnect said 7:27PM on 12-09-2008
This is a very popular one which allows you to write to NTFS filesystems:
http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/
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Mehul said 12:03AM on 12-10-2008
Did they make it easier to uninstall Macfuse. I downloaded it on my last Mac and it was impossible to get rid of!
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Spike said 2:39AM on 12-10-2008
Have you tried appremover?
Nick K. said 2:13AM on 12-10-2008
Yes. There is now a "Remove MacFuse" button in the System Preferences panel.
nepdxer said 6:07PM on 12-14-2008
Holy cow, could you possibly write in English?
There's so much techno jargon in this post I still don't have a clue what this program does.
Please don't just write for geeks. Please translate for the rest of us.
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scott said 2:51PM on 12-15-2008
it was in english...it allows you to mount remote drives...and save to NTFS hard drives...
so if you dont have the need for these obvious things then that is why you dont know what they are...
sorry if i seem brash...there are many things that TUAW writes about that i dont completely understand...so if i want to know i just do some research...its even very easy to highlight a word or phrase and right click/ctrl click and look up in dictionary...which will also give you wikipedia definitions...fairly simple to do
Aron you are doing a great job since being added to the TUAW team...as jealous as i am...and you just keep churning out great articles that are a joy to read...im still kicking myself in the ass because my MB died while i was doing my pieces of work to submit for the position...oh well maybe next time
...so keep up the great work Aron...you definitely deserve the job
Phil said 4:57AM on 12-10-2008
Does anyone know how to get the PicassaWebFS that is shown in the tech demo video on the MacFUSE website? I was really indifferent to this concept (I didn't see a use/need for it in what I do) until I saw that.
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Kate said 5:53AM on 12-10-2008
awesome.
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Rick A said 12:22PM on 12-10-2008
I take it this is not something for the above-average non-Terminal, non-techie Mac user?
Call me an idiot, but I can't really tell from this article, or their website, and I figure if it looks/sounds obtuse, then it is.
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Jash Sayani said 1:37PM on 12-10-2008
I had installed MacFuse years ago when I bought my Mac. I guess Perian needs it so I had installed it. I have version 1.3. I guess, now its time to upgrade. The image shows that MacFuse can mount various file systems like Google Cal.
Will check it out !!
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around said 2:15PM on 12-10-2008
Perian doesn't require MacFuse. While I don't know about the earliest versions (waaaay back when), the versions of Perian I have installed for several years have never required it. Feel free to not upgrade. (now, if there is some reason you need both to do something else... my comment doesn't apply of course)