For more information about what these limitations are please see. This is a file system limitation that affects both macOS's and Window's, and the only workaround is to format the drive to exFAT. FAT32 has several limitations, including a 4 GB per-file limit. Most WD Drives come formatted in the NTFS (Windows) or HFS+ (macOS) format.įor a hard drive to be able to be read from and written to on both a Windows and macOS computer, it must be formatted to or file format.
This is useful if a drive is being used under both to move files between the two environments.
This allows the drive to be used on both Windows and macOS.*END A Western Digital external hard drive can be used on both Windows and macOS.
#CONVERTING MY PASSPORT EXTERNAL HDD FOR MAC OS HOW TO#
This answer explains how to format a drive in the exFAT or FAT32 file system. As writing is frequently required, it is urgent for us to fix read-only WD hard drive on Mac. In this situation, we are not allowed to back up files inside the WD hard drive, unable to copy or transfer files to the WD hard drive, and also can't edit, delete or create files on the WD hard drive from Mac.
If you would like to take a look at some detail on the WD My Passport hard drive I have an article that compares the WD My Passport drive to the WD Elements external drive so you can fully gen up. If you are not sure how to format your WD My Passport drive take a look at my article on how to format WD Passport for Mac.
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