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WD external hard drive read only

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  • Western Digital
  • Read Only
  • Mac OS X
  • External Hard Drive
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October 27, 2013 11:49:36 AM

How do I change it from "read only"?

More about : external hard drive read

October 27, 2013 1:19:50 PM

The first sticky in this forum explains your problem.
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October 28, 2013 8:10:17 PM

A link to the sticky note mentioned in the above post: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/1079-69-before-post-h...
If the drive was formatted on a PC or came pre-formatted with NTFS it will be a read-only drive on a Mac without the use of third party software.
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