If I wanted to use it with Mac OS or Time Machine backup (which is my intent), I’ll need to format the drive for my Mac. It brought me to a webpage on Seagate’s site, where it clearly indicated the drive was initially set up to work with a Windows PC. Since I wanted to use it on Mac, I clicked the blue logo with the text “Start_Here-Mac”. When I opened it, the default content was all there. When I connected the Seagate to my Mac, the drive icon showed up like this. I bought a brand new 2TB Seagate Expansion to backup my MacBook Pro before I updated it to the latest macOS. Most External Hard Drives Are Initiated with NTFSĭuring the last several years, I’ve used a few external drives, including a 500GB WD My Passport, 32GB Lexar flash drive, and a few others.
View the Use of Third-Party Software or Websites disclaimer. Read-Only before and Read/Write after the installation of the Paragon NTFS Driver for Macīefore Paragon Driver Installation: You can only readĪfter Paragon Driver Installation: You can read and writeĬopy (Write) to NTFS formatted My Passport Ultra on macOSĪfter the Paragon NTFS Driver for Mac is installed, the NTFS My Passport Ultra is know writable on macOS. WD Discovery for My Cloud Home installed on macOS with an NTFS formatted My Passport Ultra. NTFS drives are normally reformatted with exFAT to be used on macOS and Windowsįor more details on how to read and write NTFS formatted My Passport Wireless Pro and My Passport Wireless SSD on macOS, please refer to Answer ID 20717 How to Install the Paragon NTFS Driver for Mac.
"Read Only" mounted drives cannot be written to with macOS computers.macOS computers mount NTFS formatted USB drives as "Read Only".The Paragon NTFS Driver for Mac allows macOS computers to Read, Write and Access WD NTFS formatted USB drives without reformatting the drive with exFAT.
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