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i can not copy photos to my flash drive through my imac

Hi i can not copy my photos which is in my imac in pictures ,the flashdrive is detected but there is n o option of paste

what i have to do?

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Dec 3, 2012 8:59 PM

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Dec 3, 2012 9:48 PM in response to shrutfoto

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That's because you're using NTFS in the external disk. Mac OS X can't write on NTFS drives, so you have to erase the disk in order to write on the external disk.


1. Copy all the data from the external disk to the internal drive.


2. Open Disk Utility, select the external disk in the sidebar and go to Erase.


3. On Format, choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) if you're going to use it with Macs only, or exFAT if you're going to use it with another PC, and press Erase.


4. Copy the data to the external disk

i can not copy photos to my flash drive through my imac

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