How do i copy my folders from macbook air to my toshiba external hard drive?

i have been trying to copy files on macbook air to my external hard disk which i used for my windows pc, n=but im unable to do so. and i even cannot delete the files on the hard disk. but i can copy the files on hard disk to my air. can you please explain me the required process properly. thank you 

The external drive is probably formatted for the PC using NTFS which the Mac can read but not write to. You have two basic solutions to continue using that drive and I don't recommend the first. 1) install drivers on the Mac to allow it to read an NTFS formatted drive. I don't recommend this because all too often an Apple update breaks the 3rd party drivers and you are stuck until the drivers are updated 2) reformat the drive (or partition it) so that the Mac and Windows can read it. exFAT is a format that fits the bill but remember that formatting the drive will erase the data. Partitioning is another option - creating two logical drives from one disk - one for the Windows and one for the Mac. Although there are programs that can perform a non-destructive partition it is always a good idea to backup the drive just in case.
Of course a third option is buying an external drive just for the Mac.

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