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External HDD no longer visible
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Is it in Disk Utility?
If not, check connections, power etc.
If in Disk Utility, is it NTFS format?
If so, you have a utility installed that needs to be updated. Probably Paragon NTFS or Tuxera NTFS
If not, check connections, power etc.
If in Disk Utility, is it NTFS format?
If so, you have a utility installed that needs to be updated. Probably Paragon NTFS or Tuxera NTFS
Thanks, yes that was the problem. I installed the latest Paragon and its all good. been a while since i did this last, and total forgot about it.
Hmmm one more thing, the Sharing and Permissions of the HDD are "you can only read" is there any way I can make it read and write?
NTFS is read-only natively in macOS/OS X. That's what Paragon is for, to allow write access. So if it won't let you write, that's something in the Paragon config. I don't use Paragon so can't help there.
So i updated to mac os sierra. and i use an external hard drive. looks like i have to update to the latest paragon ntfs download. but it looks like this one cost money. the same thing with tuxera. 10-15 day trial. why is that anyways. it used to be free.
Last time I updated, I could use my original product code from when I first purchased Tuxera. I don't ever remember either one being completely free, but updates were free. But, I've not needed it for the last couple years so uninstalled it.