Fix permissions for external WD drive on new iMac retina 5K

Hello there!
I have an external drive (WD - My Passport 1T), NTFS formatted, has worked (and still works) perfectly with my old MacBook Pro.
I've purchased the new iMac Retina 5K, and connected my external drive to it, but for some reason I can only read from it but not write on it (when I check information under "Sharing and Permissions:" it says "You can only read".
I can still write on this drive when I connect it back to my old MacBook Pro...
I didn't change any definitions that might have any effect on this... How can I fix this?
Thanx in advance for any help...

If you installed an emulator such as Parallels Desktop, it may have bundled the NTFS-3G drivers, Paragon NTFS, or a different program which enables the Mac to write to NTFS drives with it. This program needs to be installed on the iMac.
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