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Fat32 External Hard Drive is read-only?
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<blockquote data-quote="alexjholland" data-source="post: 1209343" data-attributes="member: 86578"><p>Hey, I recently moved from PC to Mac and plugged my 1.5Tb hard drive packed full of movies and music into my new iMac.</p><p></p><p>Everything plays great, but first I noticed it would not let me add artwork to any music. Then I realised I couldn't even save pictures onto it.</p><p></p><p>A quick 'Get Info' reveals my entire external hard-drive is 'read only' and there is no option to select otherwise. I checked disc utility and it will not let me repair permission either.</p><p></p><p>Just to clarify, this was formatted in Windows to Fat32; I am well aware that NTFS is read-only - but this Fat32 hard drive should work fine!</p><p></p><p>Last resort will be copying all my data onto other hard-drives and reformatting in a Mac format; but I'd rather get this working if possible..</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alexjholland, post: 1209343, member: 86578"] Hey, I recently moved from PC to Mac and plugged my 1.5Tb hard drive packed full of movies and music into my new iMac. Everything plays great, but first I noticed it would not let me add artwork to any music. Then I realised I couldn't even save pictures onto it. A quick 'Get Info' reveals my entire external hard-drive is 'read only' and there is no option to select otherwise. I checked disc utility and it will not let me repair permission either. Just to clarify, this was formatted in Windows to Fat32; I am well aware that NTFS is read-only - but this Fat32 hard drive should work fine! Last resort will be copying all my data onto other hard-drives and reformatting in a Mac format; but I'd rather get this working if possible.. Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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