How can I write to a ntfs formatted drive?

I know there are some third party apps for a fee but this seems like a simple enough and popular request that Apple should address. Can you tell me if apple has a solution for this?
I appreciate your help.
Thanks,
John

No Apple solution (well, the solution would be for you to only buy Mac stuff and reformat your hard drive to Mac ).
NTFS drivers for Macs (there may be others):
Paragon NTFS - http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/ - recommendation: https://discussions.apple.com/message/18708633
Tuxera NTFS 2012.3.2  - http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/33122/tuxera-ntfs
NTFS for Mac OS X 9.5.3 - http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/26288/ntfs-for-mac-os-x
There used to be NTFS-3G which I believe was free, but it looks like it is now Tuxera.  Maybe an old version would work (or maybe not). 
http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/ and http://i.vishalagarwal.com/post/30387627819/ntfs-write-on-lion-or-mountain-lion

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