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3 Fixes to External Hard Drive Read Only Mac Inappropriate device formatting: Some external hard drives come with wrong formatting, which results in the "Read Only mode" getting enabled as soon as you mount them. Inappropriate permission settings: Switching the hard drives from one OS to another may result in an unsuitable permission setup, which makes the device suspicious for the Mac thus, it puts it in "Read-Only mode." The file system is "NTFS": "NTFS" is a Windows-oriented file system thus, it is incompatible with your Mac There can be several reasons behind the problem, we will discuss some of them below.

The device permissions show, "You can only read.".

Unable to delete anything from the drive.

Unable to copy anything from the drive to Mac.

To figure out whether your external hard drive is in Read Only mode or not, check for the three symptoms: Error Analysis: Why Does the External Hard Drive Show Up as Read Only on Mac Part 4: How to Prevent External Hard Drive Read Only on Mac Part 1.