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Hi everyone
I am using a seagate hdd
I am struggling to access files I.e move, copy and paste files. I believe this is because the format is ntfs and also I have read only access
Looking below.. I am Ray.. so I should be able to read and write but I still can't? I can't edit permissions as it says I don't jave permissions.
What Should I do? I don't want to format this... as I have lots of data
Thank you
MacBook Pro (2020 and later)
This has nothing to do with permissions, macOS can only read NTFS formatted volumes by default. It can not write to them unless you install some 3rd party file system driver. I would recommend to copy everything you want to keep to your internal (or other external) volume. Then use Disk Utility to delete the disk and format it either jHFS+ or APFS, both with GUID partition scheme. Afterwards you can copy back the data.
This has nothing to do with permissions, macOS can only read NTFS formatted volumes by default. It can not write to them unless you install some 3rd party file system driver. I would recommend to copy everything you want to keep to your internal (or other external) volume. Then use Disk Utility to delete the disk and format it either jHFS+ or APFS, both with GUID partition scheme. Afterwards you can copy back the data.
In addition to what Björn said:
1) You have that creepy "cleanmymac" - that is a disaster in the making
2) You don't need to take out your phone (and post a sideways image) to take a screenshot. Press command-shift-4 and drag to take a screenshot. It will be saved to your desktop.
I can only second what Luis wrote and would have advised the same in my next post. :-)
Thank you both
Hard Disk drive permissions
