How do i move photos from macbook pro to a freeagent drive?

Question

I am trying to move photos from my Macbook Pro to an external FreeAgent hard drive, but it will not allow me to "drop and drag" or copy and paste to that drive. Any suggestions as to why, or how I can get these photos onto the external drive?

Answer 1

Are you able to move other file types, such as documents, to your external hard disk using your Mac?
If not, the hard disk may be formatted in a file system format known as "NTFS" which is used by Windows, which can not be written to by default using Mac OS X.
To resolve this issue, you can format the hard disk as either "FAT" (which will maintain compatibility with other operating systems such as Windows) or "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" (if you are only using this hard disk using your Mac).
NOTE: Erasing and reformatting your external hard disk will remove any data that is currently stored on it. Ensure that you make a back up of any important data before proceeding.
To reformat the hard disk, open the Finder and from the menu bar choose "Go" and then click on "Utilities". Double click on Disk Utility to open it. Select your external hard disk from the list on the left hand side of the Disk Utility window, then click on the "Erase" tab on the right hand side of the window. Choose the appropriate file system format and give the volume a name (such as "Storage HD"). Then click on the Erase button.
Once Disk Utility has completed formatting your external hard disk, you should be able to copy your data to it.
Hope that helps, have a great day.