LR Win to Mac - external HDDs formatted for NTFS not Mac, best solution?

Just moved from windows to Mac and moved the catalogue over. I save all my photos on two backup external HDDs to keep my computer empty but they are formatted for NTFS for Windows which a Mac does not support writing to. So while I can read the files from the catalogue on LR I can't move any new files to them.
Has anyone else found a workaround or do I need to reformat my HDDs for Mac format?
Thanks in advance.

An internet search will turn up lotsa info about this.
Here is just one of many articles on the subject:
NTFS Write support on Mavericks | Apple Support Communities

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