Seagate back up plus read only?

Hi, I have just acquired my mac book air and love it, and I bought a seagate back up  plus portable drive so I can download from my macbook air.
i am a computer idiot ( sorry) and have registered my seagate through the computer, but it will not allow me to save anything to my seagate as it says read only and it will not save changes onto my seagate if i alter photos etc for same reason.
Help please how can i get it out of read only please ?

thank you for all your help.  I moved everything off my seagate and then formatted it and we are all working together beautifully now.
I can't tell you how much your support gave the courage to try something I would never have attempted.  I am learning how to use my computer and love it even more.
Thank you again, I am very grateful x

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