

When launched it will automatically create the mount point after you'll be prompted to enter one of the displayed device identifiers such as disk2s1: diskutil list Here is a bash script which partially automates the process.

You can mount as a normal user but in that case you'll only be able access world-readable files, that's why for full access you need to use sudo, e.g.: sudo ext4fuse -o allow_other /dev/disk2s1 Install ext4fuse with: brew install ext4fuse

While other answers already give some usage examples I'll repeat it once again with some important details: Updated answer for (High) Sierra and more recent MacOS versionsįor Sierra and High Sierra ext4fuse seems to work well for read access only and therefore it could probably be considered the preferred option.
