Obtaining premission to write to external hard drive, obtaining premission to write to external hard drive

How do I obtain premission to write files to a external hard drive that I used with my old window system?

NTFS needs third party software unless you network to the old Windows system.
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    Your drive is formatted with the NTFS file system.  OS X can read but not write to the NTFS file system.  There are third party drivers available that claim to add the ability to OS X to write to an NTFS partition.  I have not tried them and don't know if they work.
    The only file system that OS X and Windows can both write to natively is the FAT32 file system.

  • I do not have permission to write in my external Hard Drive

    Hello everybody.
    I have recently bought a MacBook Pro (15, 2.16 Ghz with OS X 10.4.9) and I have a Beyond Micro 300Gb external Hard drive that I have been using with my PC. This drive has a Windows NT File System.
    When I first plugged it to the Mac, I changed its name to recognize it better. Now, I am not able to transfer documents from my Mac to it, but I am able to do so through the PC.
    Am I done something wrong?
    Am I blocked this drive? (Once open, I see a pen crossed on the lower left corner)
    And if so, Could I unblocked it to make it writable?
    When I try to transfer any documents with the Mac I get a message saying that I can't do it and because I do not have permission. (I am the administrator).
    I read a previous posting talking about a similar problem, but I really couldn't understand the solutions and/or differences beteween NTFS, FAT 32, MS-DOS and MacFuse (I am a complete novice).
    I also tried (as suggested in the posting) to use the Disk Utility to set the permissions from there, but when I select the external Hard Drive all the options are dimmed. Also, the info panel says I only have permissions to write, having no other available alternatives to choose from.
    The question is: How can I make this drive available to both Operating Systmes without erasing all the information inside (format)?
    Thank You in advance.
    Cordially,
    Juan Carlos
    MacBookPro   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  
    MacBookPro   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  
    MacBookPro   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

    Thank You rvdparis
    I have just intalled MacFuse (with Tools and Core) and it does allow me now to read and write in my external Hard Drive.
    Once again, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
    And yes guys, this seems to work. Forget about formatting your external hard drive. MacFuse changes the permission instantly.
    Cordially,
    Juan Carlos
    MacBookPro   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

  • Is there any way to write-enable an NTFS-format WD external Hard Drive ?

    I have a WD Elements external HD unit, 1TB previously formatted NTFS under Windows XP on a PC. I would like to use this HD unit to both read and write data using both the Windows PC and a MacBook Pro. But when connected to the MacBook Pro (USB), the HD unit shows up as Read Only.
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    Why would you expect it to say NTFS-3G? NTFS-3G is just a program that translates the NTFS to something the Mac OS can deal with. It doesn't change the format of the hard drive. The drive is formatted with the New Technology File System (NTFS), not the NTFS-3G file system.
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    I just plugged in an NTFS drive and I'm guessing what you were looking for was something to indicate what was doing the translation. On mine I get, "Windows NT File System (Tuxera)." So, I think I understand what you meant before. My guess is as I stated above. Make sure you also have MacFuse installed if you are using the free version of NTFS-3G.
    Message was edited by: Barney-15E

  • I have an external hard drive that was formatted by a PC and has files and directories etc. I want to format it and use it on my IMAC for backup but I can't seem to write to it nor can I delete current content. How do I initialize it for use with the MAC?

    I have an external hard drive that was formatted by a PC and has files and directories copied to it etc. I want to use it on my IMAC for backup. I see it on my my IMAC . I can open files etc.  But I can't seem to write to it nor can I delete current content. I don't care if I lose current content. How do I initialize it for use with the MAC?

    You can't write to it because it's formatted as NTFS which OS X will read but not write to. If you want to continue using the drive with both a PC and OS X you will need to download and install NTFS-3G so you can then write to it from your Mac. You can get NTFS-3G at:
    http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/24481/ntfs-3g
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  • How do I write to my boot camp partition with Paragon NTFS that comes with Mountain Lion?  Or how do I get my boot camp partition to show up in Paragon's "Available NTFS partitions:" panel like my external hard drive does?

    I've just set up boot camp on my MacBookPro with a freshly installed Mountain Lion and Windows 7. 
    I would like to read and write in both directions from drive to drive if possible.  I've hunted around quite a bit to try and work this out, and so far I understand that one can write to or transfer files from one drive to the other with Paragon NTFS among other softwares. 
    I noticed when I looked in my system preferences the utility "Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X" came with Mountain Lion and it will recognize an external hard drive when I have one plugged in under "Available NTFS partitions:".  However, it does not automatically recognize my NTFS boot camp partition nor does it automatically give me write access. 
    Is the Paragon NTFS that comes with Mountain Lion limited in some way? 
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    Interesting. Comes with? you didn't have either before? Paragon is commercial and is now v. 10.0, they were the only one keeping updated and was supporting 10.7.4. I would not enable more than one.
    For writing to HFS Paragon has theirs but probably give the nod to MacDrive there.
    I never do an upgrade to a new OS over the old system, I backup (clone) and format the drive with the new OS and do the install so whatever is there I know is clean and also to keep from carrying around leftovers from years and systems past.
    I would assme Paragon is limited. Try their site and knowledge base?
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    http://www.paragon-software.com/home/hfs-windows/
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    http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/26288/ntfs-for-mac-os-x
    http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/

  • I try to export my Imovie and I always get the error code"Unable to prepare project for publishing...File already open with write permission"  it even does it when I am just trying to export to my external hard drive to save the file

    I try to export my Imovie and I always get the error code"Unable to prepare project for publishing...File already open with write permission"  it even does it when I am just trying to export to my external hard drive to save the file

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  • I just got a new mac and use my external hard drive to save all my images to but whenever I go to save my photo to my hard drive it says I do not have write access....Whats wrong how do i fix this or do i need a new hard drive??

    I just got a new mac and use my external hard drive to save all my images to but whenever I go to save my photo to my hard drive it says I do not have write access....Whats wrong how do i fix this or do i need a new hard drive??@

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  • Why do I get an error message 'write access not granted' when I try to copy paste jpegs from my folder on desktop to an external hard drive/(Transcend)pendrive

    This is a new problem. I transferred some images from my Nikon camera via image capture but converted my raw files to jpegs in the Nikon View nx 2 software and saved them in a new folder on my desktop. I use a 2010 MBP that has OS10.9.5 fully updated. When i tried copying and pasting the jpegs to an external pen drive I got an error message saying the jpg (the number) could not be saved as write access is not granted. I thought the pen drive may be full. So I attached an external hard drive.  got the same message. I then opened the same jpeg in photoshop cc and tried saving it as png on the hard drive, got the same message. Was unable to handover the photographs to my client. Was hugely embarrassed. Pl let me know if there is a way out of this and if its a Mac OSX issue? Thanks.

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  • How do i change read/write permission on an external hard drive?

    how do i change read/write permissions for an external hard drive?

    If, on the otherhand, you are trying to write to a drive that is formatted NTFS (for Windows), and can't.
    You have two choices...
    1. Reformat the drive. Either Mac OS format, if you are using this only on your Mac. Or ExFAT, or FAT 32 if you intend to use it on both a Mac OS computer and a Windows unit. note: ExFAT is not suported by XP.
    2. Install one of the drivers necessary for the Mac to write to a NTFS volume. Unless you want the experience of having the support for this being one that is sporadic, avoid this. I used to be a strong proponent of NTFS-3G, until I started having the problems with Lion, that many users warned us about. Go this route only if you find you must use NTFS on your drive. Paragon and Tuxtera are the sources for these.

  • Being able to 'Read & Write' on an external hard drive on the Mac

    Hi there,
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  • Not able to write on an external hard drive

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    Mac can't write to NTFS formatted drives.
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  • I cannot write (only read) on an external hard drive when I'm running Windows on BootCamp.

    I'm running Windows thanks to BootCamp perfectly, but I have a problem. I can open and read files that I have on an external hard drive (HFS+) but I can't create or modify files in it. It's like I don't have permissions. Please, how can I solve this?

    Windows can not write to disks formatted with HFS+ without third party software.
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    As you know, OS X hasn't got NTFS write support. If your external drive is formatted in NTFS, you can install a third-party application to be able to write in the external drive like Paragon NTFS.
    However, in my opinion, that's not the best option. OS X supports two filesystems which are compatible with PCs: FAT32 and exFAT. FAT32 is a filesystem which is limited to files smaller than 4 GB, and exFAT is like FAT32 but without this restriction so, if you can, format the external drive with exFAT.
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  • External hard drive to be read and write for MAC & PC

    All,
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    your drive is formatted NTFS. OS X can only read but not write to NTFS drives. you can reformat it FAT which is writable from both OS X and windows. (this will wipe the drive of course). However, FAT is an inferior format with a number of limitations. another option is to install macfuse and NTFS-3g on your mac
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