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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1598549" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>A few posts back you said that you <em>"Don't understand computers much"</em>.</p><p></p><p>What you're not understanding is...NTFS hard drive formatting is NOT a hard drive formatting that the Mac OS works with automatically. </p><p></p><p>With an NTFS formatted HD...the Mac OS can READ items on the hard drive...but the Mac OS cannot WRITE to an NTFS hard drive (without jumping thru some hoops first).</p><p></p><p>Your problem is that you are not able to write/install things to the NTFS formatted drive. Which I just clarified above...the Mac OS does not allow you to write things to an NTFS formatted drive without doing some special "Stuff" first.</p><p></p><p>The Mac OS works great with a hard drive formatted "Mac OS Extended "Journaled". Since this IS the way the Mac OS works best with HD's.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Once more. The OP's problem did NOT have anything to do with an NTFS formatted drive. The NTFS formatted HD IS your problem. These two problems ARE NOT THE SAME!</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1598549, member: 56379"] A few posts back you said that you [i]"Don't understand computers much"[/i]. What you're not understanding is...NTFS hard drive formatting is NOT a hard drive formatting that the Mac OS works with automatically. With an NTFS formatted HD...the Mac OS can READ items on the hard drive...but the Mac OS cannot WRITE to an NTFS hard drive (without jumping thru some hoops first). Your problem is that you are not able to write/install things to the NTFS formatted drive. Which I just clarified above...the Mac OS does not allow you to write things to an NTFS formatted drive without doing some special "Stuff" first. The Mac OS works great with a hard drive formatted "Mac OS Extended "Journaled". Since this IS the way the Mac OS works best with HD's.:) Once more. The OP's problem did NOT have anything to do with an NTFS formatted drive. The NTFS formatted HD IS your problem. These two problems ARE NOT THE SAME! - Nick [/QUOTE]
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