I have had a few problems with my extrenal hard drive on the mac pro. I have an old windows computer and it still works well with the new passport hard drive but when I plug it into the mac it will not let me delete, add folders or change anything in the hard drive at all. Is there anything I can do to fix the problem? Please help!
MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), new mac pro user
Hello, what Format is the drive to start with?
In Finder do a Get Info on that drive.
The key is you say you can use this with a PC. That means it is very likely the drive is formatted to NTFS which Macs can read but cannot write.
There are utilities such as NTFS-3G which can add capability, though they are not ideal. Likewise others to enable Mac formatting on PCs.
If the files are small ones you can re-format the drive (back up first!) and use FAT format which both computers can use.
Often the best thing is unless you absolutely have to use this drive with both computers just get another one for Mac use.
[10.4: An overview of NTFS support in Tiger|http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050521110452194]
NTFS drivers for newer Macs (there may be others, and I am not sure if these will work with Tiger):
Paragon NTFS - http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/ - recommendation: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4046285?answerId=18708633022#18708633022
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
Mac Drive for PCs - http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive
I have a WD brand external hard drive that plays up with i plug it in, can i down load software to fix this?
