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  1. PhillyGuy72

    Another External Hard Drive became "Read Only"

    I know this is not the first post about this issue, I just can't seem to find a fix for this or why it keeps happening. Once again out of the blue last night, this is now the second external hard drive that suddenly changed to "read only" in less than 2 years. These are Mac ready WD external...
    • PhillyGuy72
    • Thread
    • external hard drive hard drive becomes read only mac os extended mac os extended journaled read only files western digital
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: iMac
  2. Crimson Hikari

    Disabling Journalling for external drive

    I'm trying to attach a usb flash drive to our modem/router (some Technicolor monstrosity our ISP insists on) for sharing files between my mac and my mother's. To attach storage, the external drive needs to be formatted to Mac OS Extended/HFS+ (Not Journaled), but Disk Utility does not allow...
    • Crimson Hikari
    • Thread
    • 10.12.1 disable journaling hfs plus hfs+ journaling mac os extended os x 10.12 os x sierra sierra
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
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