Can see but not save/modify files on external drive

New Mac user. I have an external drive for all photos/movies that I've used wth a PC.
Bought the Mac. I can pull files from the drive but I can't access the drive to delete/modify existing files or save new files.
It's treats whole drive as "read only".
How can I modify stuff on the external drive and save new files to the external drive?
thanks.

You can't withdraw the question/thread only close it by marking it as solved.
NTFS was the "problem", right ?
Stefan

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