Home > Questions

Toshiba 1TB USB 3.0 External HDD is Read-only on MacBook Pro

I have trouble adding any files from my MacBook Pro to my recently purchased Toshiba 1TB USB 3.0 external HDD. When I put files into it, I receive the message "The Volume is Read Only". What should I do to make the Toshiba HDD writable on my MacBook?

Best Answered by

iBoysoft author Connie Yang

Connie Yang

Answered on Friday, June 14, 2024

Right-click on the drive and choose Get Info to check your permission to this Toshiba 1TB USB 3.0 HDD. Scroll down to the bottom Sharing & Permissions section on the Info window, and check your privilege to the drive. If it shows read-only, unlock the lock icon with your admin password and then change your permission to the drive to "read & write".

If you can't change the permission, scroll up back to check the General info about the HDD. If its format is NTFS, you need to either format the drive to MS-DOS, exFAT, Mac OS Extended (Journaled), or APFS or use an NTFS for Mac tool like iBoysoft NTFS for Mac to make the NTFS HDD writable on your Mac. That's because NTFS is read-only support in macOS.

People Also Ask

Read More Questions

Read More Advice From iBoysoft's Computer Experts

Kann nicht auf USB-Stick auf Mac schreiben

Kann nicht auf USB-Laufwerk auf Mac schreiben? Behoben!

Wenn Sie feststellen, dass Sie auf Mac nicht auf das USB-Laufwerk schreiben können, hier sind bewährte Lösungen, plus es erklärt, warum Sie auf Mac nicht auf das USB-Laufwerk schreiben können.

macOS SonomaでNTFS for Macが機能しない

macOS Sonomaで動作しないNTFS for Mac、対処法は?

この投稿では、macOS Sonomaにアップデートした後、なぜNTFS for Macが動作しないかと、NTFSドライブに書き込むためにそれを操作可能にする方法について説明します。

Read and write Boot Camp partition on Mac

How to Mount BOOTCAMP NTFS Partition with Read-Write Access?

Tutorial to mount BOOTCAMP partition in read-write access and write to BOOTCAMP partition using command line or with NTFS for Mac software in macOS and Mac OS X.

NTFS for Mac Tips