Mac OS 10.5.8 Sharing & Permissions of external drive

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Hi all

I have attached a USB external hard disk (Seagate) to my mac. However, while I have read permissions, I do not have write or modify permissions. Upon opening File Info, the 'Sharing & Permissions' tab shows no lists, just a terse 'You can only read' message. There is no 'Locked' box for me to uncheck in the 'General Info' tab either.

Anybody had a similar experience? How did you overcome it? I'd be glad for some assistance.
 
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Netaji said:
Hi all

I have attached a USB external hard disk (Seagate) to my mac. However, while I have read permissions, I do not have write or modify permissions. Upon opening File Info, the 'Sharing & Permissions' tab shows no lists, just a terse 'You can only read' message. There is no 'Locked' box for me to uncheck in the 'General Info' tab either.

Anybody had a similar experience? How did you overcome it? I'd be glad for some assistance.
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If the drive is formatted using NTFS (the native file system for Windows NT, 2000, XP and onwards), then yes... OS X can only read those. There are numerous options... please search the forums. This is frequently addressed.
 
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Thanks!

It is Windows formatted indeed. I will look up the forums for the solution. Thanks for your input!
 

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