my external drives wont allow write access?

[tbluhp]

Why is this?

I can't changed it mac won't let me. What do I do?

 

[bry223]

Why is this?

I can't changed it mac won't let me. What do I do?

Is it a NTFS drive? If so it can only read and not write. My external drive is formatted FAT32 so I can read/write in OSX and use it for windows as well.

 

[tbluhp]

Is it a NTFS drive? If so it can only read and not write. My external drive is formatted FAT32 so I can read/write in OSX and use it for windows as well.

yes it is how can i change back without wipping?

 

[nevets007]

I had the same problem. My drive was working fine then one day it was read only. I thought I would have to re-format. I researched a little and it said sometime it is caused by an error that is caused when disconnecting the drive from a PC.

Just the other day I needed several files from the drive so I connected it back to my PC. I noticed I couldn't save the file because it was also read only on the PC. I then selected all the files on the drive and removed the read only in properties.

When I connected the drive back to my iMac to my surprise it worked as read/write! So my drive is operational again!

Hope this works for your!

 

[yatz]

download NTFS-3G and MacFUSE

 

[nevets007]

I did have NTFS-3G and MacFUSE and it was working fine until I used it with the PC and then got that error.

 

[CWallace]

Reconnect it to the PC and properly eject it (click on the Eject icon in the Windows system tray). Then try connecting it to the Mac again.