https://gist.github.com/six519/9f04837f119103d4ff45542a5b5d4222

Configuring your Mac!

Change security settings

• Shut down your Mac, then press and hold the power button until "Loading startup options" appear.
• Select "Options"
• In the menu on top of the screen, choose "Utilities" -> "Startup Security Utility".
• Click "Security Policy"
• Select "Reduced Security" and check "Allow user management of kernel extensions from identified developers".
• Reboot

Install macFUSE

• Download latest stable release of macFUSE HERE and install.
• Allow system extension signed by "Benjamin Fleischer" under "System Settings" -> "Privacy & Security"

Compiling/Installing ntfs-3g

• Make sure Homebrew is already installed in your system.
• Install ntfs-3g dependencies

brew install autoconf
brew install automake
brew install libtool
brew install libgcrypt
brew install pkg-config

• Clone git project then change the current directory to ntfs-3g

git clone https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g.git
cd ntfs-3g 

• Compile and install

./autogen.sh
./configure --exec-prefix=/usr/local
make
sudo make install

Mounting NTFS drive for reading/writing data

• After plugging in your NTFS drive, unmount it.

sudo umount /Volumes/LABEL_NAME

• Identify disk identifier

diskutil list

• Mount drive with ntfs-3g

sudo ntfs-3g -o auto_xattr /dev/DISK_IDENTIFIER /Volumes/LABEL_NAME

• Open the drive using finder and voila!!!!!