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Installing Suite Storage with macFUSE On Intel Macs

A step-by-step guide for installing Suite on Apple Intel Macs.

Updated this week

Not sure which Mac you're using?

Click the Apple icon in the top-left corner of your screen, select About This Mac, and look for the Chip listed there.

About this Mac window showing the Mac model, hardware chip, amount of memory, startup disk, serial number, and macOS version.

If you're on an M1-M5 Mac follow this guide instead.

💡 Your computer may prompt you for your password between steps. Please enter it whenever you are prompted.

Step 1: If you haven't already...

  1. Download and install Suite from here.

  2. Download and install macFUSE for:

    1. macOS 15 (Sequoia) and older - macFUSE 4.8.0

    2. macOS 26 (Tahoe) and newer - macFUSE 5.7.0

Step 2: Once you install macFUSE, you'll be prompted to open System Preferences. If not prompted, open System Preferences and go to "Security & Privacy" > "General"

Step 3:

⚠️ IMPORTANT - PLEASE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO EACH STEP ⚠️

Complete the installation process by allowing the MacFuse extension in the “Security & Privacy” section of System Preferences (it will be listed under the developer name Benjamin Fleischer).

​3.1 Click "Allow"

Depending on your OS version, it may look like either of the images below.

💡 "Benjamin Fleischer" is the developer of macFUSE. Learn more about macFUSE here.

3.2 Click "Not Now"

You may experience a delay after clicking "Not Now" - this is normal.

After clicking "Not Now", the below image should appear - Click "Restart"

⚠️ Not getting the above image? ⚠️
Repeat the previous steps starting at 3.1 (this may take several attempts).

Step 4: Once your Mac has restarted

  1. Open Suite, and log in.

  2. Run the following commands in Terminal:

suite config set -k FUSELESS -v false

3. Quit-then-relaunch Suite and click "Mount Drive".

Suite will now mount via macFUSE.

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