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Jul 4, 2015 5:28 AM in response to Subhogitaby Barney-15E,★HelpfulPlease detail the error message you get.
It's pretty near impossible to find a solution when we don't know the reason.
A possible guess is that your external drives are formatted NTFS which the Mac OS cannot write to without additional software.
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Jul 4, 2015 8:05 AM in response to Subhogitaby chattphotos,★HelpfulIf the drive is NTFS and brand new.
Reformat it to Mac OS X Extended in Disk Utility
Format external drives to Mac OS Extended before using with Aperture - Apple Support
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Jul 5, 2015 2:16 PM in response to Barney-15Eby Subhogita,yes.... i checked the HDD info and there it is mentioned the format as NTFS. Actually there is no error message.... after copying the file i cud not get the option of "paste item" in the external HDD folder. My HDD is used one.... kindly suggest a suitable solution.
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Jul 5, 2015 2:52 PM in response to Subhogitaby Barney-15E,Format the drives as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) using Disk Utility--you'll lose everything on them. This is the best solution if only using them with OS X.
Or, partition the drives such that there is a Mac OS partition as noted above. This is useful if you do not need to share files with Windows, but need to use the drive with both OS's.
Or, use a third-party software that allows you to write to NTFS such as Tuxera or Paragon. This allows you to share the files on the drives with Windows OS's.
Or, format the drive as ExFAT--again, it will erase the drive. This format can be read/written by both OS X and Windows.
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Jul 10, 2015 3:57 AM in response to Barney-15Eby Subhogita,bingo.... thanks for the solution.... one question.... is there any advantage of formatting in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) than ExFAT?.
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Jul 10, 2015 5:03 AM in response to Subhogitaby Barney-15E,Yes, lots. If you are only going to use it on a Mac, use Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
If you have to have cross-platform support, then some version of FAT is warranted.
FAT32 has a 2GB file size limit. ExFAT is larger, but still limited. ExFAT has no user permissions, so you couldn't protect one area for one user, and another for another user. ExFAT is not designed to be a full-fledged file system as is HFS+ or NTFS. It was designed for small storage like USB sticks.