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Can't Transfer Files to External Hard Drive Anymore

I have a Toshiba External hard drive, 1 TB, (I've only used 140.51 GB) that I have been saving files and photos to. A window would pop up asking me what I wanted to use the hard drive for, and I always click decide later. The other day I accidentally clicked a different option and now it won't let me put pictures on it anymore and says read only. Is there a way I can change this back to where I can save my photos to the hard drive without erasing anything off of it?

MacBook Pro

Posted on Feb 3, 2014 7:11 PM

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erlong75

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Apr 15, 2014 4:28 AM in response to jeking84

Hi I have just had the exact same problem, I have a 1TB samsung which i backed up from my PC before using in on my macbook pro it worked for a while and then just stopped working, as in i could no longer write to the drive. I now have no way in which to change permissions either...

erlong75

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Apr 15, 2014 4:37 AM in response to poikkeus1

install the mac driver.

erlong75

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Apr 15, 2014 4:42 AM in response to erlong75

JUST TO TELL YOU I INSTALLED THE DRIVER AND IT FIXED THE PROBLEM... I cant change permissions but it works... My bets are that Apple want to be able to see what you are backing up to your HDD...

gvict

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Aug 13, 2014 10:43 AM in response to poikkeus1

Stupid question: how do I get to the window in the picture? The one that says IMAC info?

Thanks.

brettbum

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Aug 27, 2014 9:33 AM in response to jeking84

I had the same problem. For a while I could write to the drive from my MAC, then I couldn't.

Reformatting the drive seemed extreme.

I too saw the mac drivers folder on my toshiba 1tb hard drive.

The instructions inside stated

Tuxera NTFS for Mac® The Toshiba Canvio® External Hard Drive is formatted with NTFS and can be read and written on Windows® PCs. Mac OS® X can read data from this drive with no additional software. However, Mac OS® X does not support writing to NTFS out of the box. In order to allow both Mac OS® X and Microsoft® Windows to write to the drive, Toshiba has included Tuxera NTFS for Mac with this product. Tuxera NTFS for Mac should be installed on your Mac if required.

Tuxera NTFS for Mac will enable both read and write support for the NTFS partition on your Mac. For more information about Tuxera NTFS for Mac, please refer to the online user's manual at the following link: http://www.tuxera.com/mac/onlinehelp/

Installation Instructions To install Tuxera NTFS for Mac, double click on the "Tuxera NTFS for Mac.dmg" file located in the “Mac Driver” folder and follow the displayed instructions.

NOTE: Use of Time Machine® software requires the drive to be reformatted to HFS+. It is recommended that you copy all the data to another hard drive before formatting.

Note the installation states that it requires a restart of your Mac before it will work. I was able to simply eject and connect my external drive again to get it to work after the installation finished.

brettbum

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Aug 27, 2014 9:34 AM in response to gvict

two finger click on the drive, and then select Get Info from the drop down.

Aug 31, 2014 8:56 AM in response to jeking84

I've been having the same problem... it is so frustrating. I don't even remember clicking anything to make my settings change? So I don't know why it has suddenly stopped me from adding files to it? I tried doing what you suggested but, it won't give me the option...

Sep 4, 2014 2:06 PM in response to AbbieOwen

I too am having this problem as of today. Yesterday I was reading and writing to the Seagate 2TB USB drive with no problem, and today suddenly my permissions say "You can only read" with no options to change those settings. It's formatted FAT32.

Oct 30, 2014 1:16 PM in response to jeking84

i have this problem also 😢

Oct 30, 2014 1:17 PM in response to AbbieOwen

i have this problem too 😢

Oct 31, 2014 8:21 AM in response to jeking84

U can copy file to Ms windows drive formate using Vmware Fusion

1:Download vmware fusion then install

2: download ubuntu or any linux os if u have already have windows os u can skip this step

3:installing os (ubuntu or any linux os or win xp.7,8,8.1) using fusion

open fusion

- click on add then click on new or press key (command +N)

- click continue then choose installer iso file (ubuntu or any linux os or win xp.7,8,8.1)

click continue , choose which os u like to install

click continue then click finish

Oct 31, 2014 8:22 AM in response to erlong75

U can copy file to Ms windows drive formate using Vmware Fusion

1:Download vmware fusion then install

2: download ubuntu or any linux os if u have already have windows os u can skip this step

3:installing os (ubuntu or any linux os or win xp.7,8,8.1) using fusion

open fusion

- click on add then click on new or press key (command +N)

- click continue then choose installer iso file (ubuntu or any linux os or win xp.7,8,8.1)

click continue , choose which os u like to install

click continue then click finish

Oct 31, 2014 9:03 AM in response to Sur Konjenbam

hi guy, its there other way to fix the external HDD without using vmware fusion?

Oct 31, 2014 8:45 PM in response to Nixon-Mac

Yes there is 2 way to fix

1:- you need to format your external hdd to hfs for mac because mac do not support ntfs windows format

2:- this feature is officially unsupported by Apple follow link http://osxdaily.com/2013/10/02/enable-ntfs-write-support-mac-os-x/

If you have any problem with fusion I can help

Nov 20, 2014 5:36 PM in response to Sur Konjenbam

Hi there,

Well I now have the same problem, except that my drive can be read and written to from some Mac and not from other...

What to do?

Have a good day,

Regis

Can't Transfer Files to External Hard Drive Anymore