![]() RESOLVED: If anyone finds this with the same problem, apparently Time Machine formats the drive to automatically go to APFS read only so the computer has full access, it’s supposed to be like this. Other half 'My Passportt' is the backup/time machine that I'm having problems on, as you can see it's APFS but 'read only'ĮDIT2: Also when I do first aid it says the process has failed. Now, Apple has introduced the Apple File System (APFS) for newer operating. Windows uses NTFS file formats, while Macs, up until the introduction of Sierra, have used HFS+. To change the read-only permission, you can either choose Read & Write in Privilege column or ignore ownership on this disk. External hard disk detected but not opening One reason your Mac isn’t recognizing the hard drive is the file format. Half is for regular files, mostly photos - not having any problems there. How to fix external drive NTFS read-only problem. Anyone know any solutions to make it read and write?ĮDIT: here is how I partitioned it originally. I'm not sure why because the format is APFS. Once I did that, it now says that part is 'read only'. The other day I erased the part of the drive I had partitioned to hold my macbook backups (to clear space to do a new one). ![]() I have a WD My Passport 1 TB hard drive that I have been using for a while.
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