I just moved to a MAC Mini from WIN and have several external drives with data that I want to reorganize & rename. I am unable to move or rename any file or folder.
Please advise how to resolve this issue.
Thanks in advance
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.6
Microsoft was warned others that it considers Windows New Technology File System (NTFS) its proprietary property, and said they will sue anyone who uses that format without paying them royalty payments.
Apple thinks this is nonsense. Your Mac can read, but not write NTFS format drives, unless you add a utility that paid the royalty already. Tuxiera and Paragon are the most popular vendors, but their add-ons are not free.
Copying those files to a Mac format drive is free.
Microsoft was warned others that it considers Windows New Technology File System (NTFS) its proprietary property, and said they will sue anyone who uses that format without paying them royalty payments.
Apple thinks this is nonsense. Your Mac can read, but not write NTFS format drives, unless you add a utility that paid the royalty already. Tuxiera and Paragon are the most popular vendors, but their add-ons are not free.
Copying those files to a Mac format drive is free.
You can format a drive as exFAT which can be used by both macOS and Windows...just make sure to erase the drive on a Mac using Disk Utility since Windows may use a File Allocation size for exFAT that macOS won't understand.
OR buy one of the NTFS Utilities.
OR buy a seagate drive that bundles a NTFS Utility with the drive.
wooooowwwwwww
So you're saying I will have to move/copy the data to a drive that is formatted to be read by MAC! DANG!!!
THANKS FOR THE INFO
Changing File & Folder Names on External Drives
