How do i copy from an external hard drive to iMac?

When copying from an external hard drive, when the box 'select your disc' comes up - I am unable to continue.

I suspect the external HD is formatted in NTFS, by default a Mac can write to one but it cannot be written to from one. How you overcome this is to download and install the NTFS-3G Download.
Roger

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