How to Mount and Write ExtFS4 on Mac

This can be Helpful if you own a mac like mine which dont Support SDCard Mounting inside a VM.

Caution those Drivers are Very Slow but it works.

First Build Those Folders

sudo mkdir fuse-ext2.build
cd fuse-ext2.build

sudo nano script.sh

Code:
export PATH=/opt/gnu/bin:$PATH
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/gnu/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH

mkdir fuse-ext2.build
cd fuse-ext2.build

if [ ! -d fuse-ext2 ]; then
    git clone https://github.com/alperakcan/fuse-ext2.git   
fi

# m4
if [ ! -f m4-1.4.17.tar.gz ]; then
    curl -O -L http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.17.tar.gz
fi
tar -zxvf m4-1.4.17.tar.gz
cd m4-1.4.17
./configure --prefix=/opt/gnu
make -j 16
sudo make install
cd ../
    
# autoconf
if [ ! -f autoconf-2.69.tar.gz ]; then
    curl -O -L http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.69.tar.gz
fi
tar -zxvf autoconf-2.69.tar.gz
cd autoconf-2.69
./configure --prefix=/opt/gnu
make
sudo make install
cd ../
    
# automake
if [ ! -f automake-1.15.tar.gz ]; then
    curl -O -L http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.15.tar.gz
fi
tar -zxvf automake-1.15.tar.gz
cd automake-1.15
./configure --prefix=/opt/gnu
make
sudo make install
cd ../
    
# libtool
if [ ! -f libtool-2.4.6.tar.gz ]; then
    curl -O -L http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/libtool/libtool-2.4.6.tar.gz
fi
tar -zxvf libtool-2.4.6.tar.gz
cd libtool-2.4.6
./configure --prefix=/opt/gnu
make
sudo make install
cd ../

# e2fsprogs
if [ ! -f e2fsprogs-1.43.4.tar.gz ]; then
    curl -O -L https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tytso/e2fsprogs/v1.43.4/e2fsprogs-1.43.4.tar.gz
fi
tar -zxvf e2fsprogs-1.43.4.tar.gz
cd e2fsprogs-1.43.4
./configure --prefix=/opt/gnu --disable-nls
make
sudo make install
sudo make install-libs
sudo cp /opt/gnu/lib/pkgconfig/* /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
cd ../
    
# fuse-ext2
export PATH=/opt/gnu/bin:$PATH
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/gnu/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH

cd fuse-ext2
./autogen.sh
CFLAGS="-idirafter/opt/gnu/include -idirafter/usr/local/include/osxfuse/" LDFLAGS="-L/opt/gnu/lib -L/usr/local/lib" ./configure
make
sudo make install

Insert the Complete Code inside the Script.sh and save the file with Crtl + X , after that hit sudo chmod 777 script.sh

run the script file with sudo ./script.sh

To install the Driver you need those Libs First

Code:
Dependencies:

OSXfuse Build from source depends on:

m4
autoconf
automake
libtool
e2fsprogs
xcode-select

you can use brew to install those and install osxfuse with brew.

once all is installed run this code to mount your device

sudo fuse-ext2 /dev/replaceitwiththediskyouwanttomount /Users/ReplaceitwithYourUser/mountpoint -o force -o allow_other -o rw+
 

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Extfs4? Not ext4?
And yeah I think this is simple, just install hombrew.
Then do - brew cask install osxfuse.
Something like that, I did it yesterday. Much easier than your guide!
Mount like another device.

Maybe I'm wrong...? Sorry if so :)
 
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Extfs4? Not ext4?
And yeah I think this is simple, just install hombrew.
Then do - brew cask install osxfuse.
Something like that, I did it yesterday. Much easier than your guide!
Mount like another device.

Maybe I'm wrong...? Sorry if so :)

the osxfuse will just allow you to read the device but not write to it , thats why i wrote this tutorial
 

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