Mac Mini M4 cant show directories - files or folders on external NTFs drive

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"Mac Mini M4 cant show directories - files or folders on external NTFs drive: Mac Mini M4 cant see files or folder on external NTFs drive purchased Gemini2 for the purpose of cleaning iCloud on iPad, and PHoto's and .mp4's from my external drives daisy-chained to Mac mini 4 Any suggestions? Why does MAC not show directory?"

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Format Type is the Culprit:

The File System of your Hard Drive is NTFS (Windows-Only). Your Apple hard drive uses APFS. So, being Windows-Only formatted, that is the reason you are not seeing this.