Unable to move file to external hardrive

[moneyshot]

Hi,

Im trying to backup some photos and files, when I try to drag the file to my external hardrive it says the "file could not be moved because the external hardrive cannot be modified" 😕

Can someone please explain this or suggest an easy way to backup a few files,photos and itunes to my external hardrive...

Thanks in advance 🙂

 

[Ugg]

Is it a new harddrive or have you used it before?

If it's new, it might have to be reformatted.

 

[moneyshot]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply.

The hard drive is an old one which was previously used with my pc a few years ago- I have only moved stuff to my mac from it thus far.

 

[Ugg]

My guess is that it was formatted only for use by PCs. You'll probably have to reformat it so it can be used with a Mac.

If you have other files on it that you want to save, you'll have to either burn them to disc or get another hard drive.

Anyway, here is a thread that shows exactly what you need to do and is even illustrated!

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/420556/

 

[moneyshot]

Thanks Ugg. 🙂

I followed the easy to read instructions but it still came up with an error message.

Nevermind, I bought a new external HD and it is working fine.

Now after doing a clean reinstall of leopard I dont have iphoto anymore. LOL!

Ill start a new thread to ask if anything can be done about that.

Thanks again for taking the time to reply. 🙂