Q: I'm having trouble copying files from my Macbook Pro to external hard drive
I am a teacher and I use a Seagate 1TB external drive to back up all my teaching resources. I have had my macbook pro for 3 years and have never had any problems copying files to my external drive. I recently downloaded OS X El Capitan and can now no longer back up my files to my external drive. It may just be a coincidence but I can't think of any other recent changes.
Posted on Oct 27, 2015 10:48 AM
The Mac Reads and Write most file formats without issue. However, it can only Read, not Write NTFS format natively. Many Users have bypassed this issue by buying Paragon software or Tuxera NFTS add-on Utilities that extends Mac OS X abilities to Write to NTFS drives as well.
With Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, requirements for kernel extensions have been tightened, and those NTFS extension do not load. They generate an error message into the System Logs, but few regular users ever venture there.
You will need to refresh those extensions with versions compatible with El Capitan. Alternatively, you could re-format those drives as Mac OS Extended drives (if there is no need to share with Windows) or as Ex-FAT drives (which can be read by both Windows and Mac without add-ons). Caution: Re-Initalizing a drive as a different format ERASES everything on it.
Posted on Oct 27, 2015 12:47 PM
