At some point I created a backup file on Windows 7 in a TrueCrypt volume container that was formatted with NTFS. I’m not sure why I originally formatted it with NTFS, but I think it was something to do with long filenames or a very deep directory nesting. Whatever. The point is, after upgrading to Lion, TrueCrypt would no longer mount this volume.
I did this several months ago, so I can’t remember what I originally did to get this setup, but apparently there’s something called MacFuse that adds support for additional filesystems, like NTFS on Mac. The version that I originally installed no longer works on Lion, so you need a different version that does – there’s a post here with a link to a version that works.
To get it working again, I uninstalled MacFuse and TrueCrypt, installed the version of MacFuse from above, reinstalled TrueCrypt, and not everything works.
Hi Kevin,
Thanks for referring my article! Sorry to trouble you, but I updated the URL structure on my blog slightly, so if you are still keeping this post alive, it might be best for your readers to update the URL to the latest one here:
http://chungliwen.com/blog/how-to-get-truecrypt-working-on-os-x-lion/
Thanks again! Happy new year.
Thanks for the new link, I updated it!
Thanks!