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It's a unix thing. macOS doesn't know who owns the files on the external drive and thus requires admin privileges to modify them. Makes sense that they should work around it though.
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That's the thing. I had drive permissions set for my account, administrator, and users. It still asked.
My macOS Mojave never asks me for a password.
I have a couple of apps that ask more than once per session. It's very annoying.
I have a couple of apps that ask more than once per session. It's very annoying.
Use the setting to ignore permissions on external drives:
(From https://iboysoft.com/ntfs-for-mac/external-hard-drive-shows-read-only-after-mojave-update.html )
Step 1: Select the external hard drive on your desktop or in the Finder sidebar, and then press Command-I to get information on the drive.
Step 2: Click on the arrow that is at the left side of the "Sharing & Permissions" tab near the bottom of the window.
Step 3: Check the box to "Ignore ownership on this volume", or toggle it off and then on if it's already enabled.
(From https://iboysoft.com/ntfs-for-mac/external-hard-drive-shows-read-only-after-mojave-update.html )
Step 1: Select the external hard drive on your desktop or in the Finder sidebar, and then press Command-I to get information on the drive.
Step 2: Click on the arrow that is at the left side of the "Sharing & Permissions" tab near the bottom of the window.
Step 3: Check the box to "Ignore ownership on this volume", or toggle it off and then on if it's already enabled.