Remove osxfuse if installed via homebrew:
brew uninstall osxfuse
Install osxfuse binary and choose to install the MacFUSE compatibility layer: http://sourceforge.net/projects/osxfuse/files/latest/download?source=files
Reboot (optional but recommended by osxfuse)
Install ntfs-3g via homebrew:
brew update && brew install ntfs-3g
Link mount_ntfs:
sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.original sudo ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/ntfs-3g/2014.2.15/sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs
The output of the following should be as below:
ls -l /sbin/mount_ntfs* /sbin/mount_ntfs -> /usr/local/Cellar/ntfs-3g/2014.2.15/sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.original -> /System/Library/Filesystems/ntfs.fs/Contents/Resources/mount_ntfs
Reboot and voila
If you are running OS X 10.11 and the commands above fail try: sudo nvram boot-args="rootless=0" final El Capitan You had to disable SIP through recovery. (Disable/Enalbe System Integrity Protection Refer to: http://osxdaily.com/2015/10/05/disable-rootless-system-integrity-protection-mac-os-x/ ) And reboot your machine. Then try symlinking mount_ntfs again.
Update
This link is much more convenient: http://www.macbreaker.com/2014/06/how-to-enable-writing-to-ntfs-hard.html