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  1. PhillyGuy72

    Another External Hard Drive became "Read Only"

    I know this is not the first post about this issue, I just can't seem to find a fix for this or why it keeps happening. Once again out of the blue last night, this is now the second external hard drive that suddenly changed to "read only" in less than 2 years. These are Mac ready WD external...
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    • external hard drive hard drive becomes read only mac os extended mac os extended journaled read only files western digital
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    • Forum: iMac
  2. J

    help! can't open Macbook created xls files on iMac

    Hi, Hoping for some advice. I'm running a macbook pro on OS Maveriks and an iMac on Mountain Lion. (I know I'm not very up to date with the OS but I have some older software running that I don't want to have to upgrade). Long and short of it is: Files I have created in Microsoft office Excel on...
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