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Can't move files to external hard drive from Mac

I have a movie on my desktop (.mp4 format) and I can't copy and paste the file to an external drive.

is there another way to move files?

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Posted on Mar 21, 2012 7:12 AM

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Jul 7, 2015 12:46 PM in response to Designer15

Designer15,

I STRONGLY recommend that you create your own thread rather than trying to resurrect an answered 3 year old one.

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Aug 14, 2016 9:05 PM in response to rkaufmann87

Thank you SO much!

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Sep 24, 2016 2:52 PM in response to DJ Zü

very helpful indeed

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Dec 16, 2016 4:59 PM in response to rkaufmann87

If I reformat my external hard drive to work on my mac will this erase everything that's on there already?

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Mar 20, 2017 2:10 AM in response to DJ Zü

it worked for my wireless seagate hdd. I think it can work for other Seagate Drives too. Thanks A Ton...cheers..!

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