Cant Transfer File from Mac to External Hard drive? Drive Formatted in NTFS?
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2024
- WARNING!!! Formatting means the same as deleting or erasing! Also I am not responsible if anything goes wrong so do at your own risk!
If you cannot transfer a data/file from your Mac to your external hard drive it may be because the external hard drive is formatted in a NTFS file system which is used for a Windows PC only. If it has a NFTS file system then only a Mac / Apple computer can read it but cannot write to it.
Therefore if you want to move files between a Mac & Windows and vice versa you need a file system that works for them of them (fat32 or expat).
Important Note: Remember when you format a drive you are basically deleting everything on that drive!
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You should really consider turning the Click sound up even louder and make your voice even quieter.
+James Franko lol!! Message noted. I don't enable clicking sound anymore.
I hope James Franko was being sarcastic.
Nice video but the clicking sound was really annoying.
Keep up the great work.
Total sarcasm. The clicking was the most obnoxious sound ever. Making a video 101, turn the effing click sound off. It's common sense
lol Im dying from this comment :D
should delete the annoying video
6 years later and still helping ppl out! Exactly what I needed. Thanks!
Facts! I just used it 💯 The power of youtube. I saw another video that was trying to get me to download an app from the website, I was like next and came across this helpful video
I was puzzled for about 30 minutes as to why I couldn’t move files to my newly purchased external hard drive, but you are the hero of today. Straightforward video with great explanations. Thank you!
7 years later and this video worked for me today. I have been looking for the right video for months. I was skeptical because my files are precious to me, but your video was a life saver. Now I can free up space on my devices and cancel subscriptions for extra storage space. Thank you Thank you!
This is 6years later. Came across your video today. Thank you so much. You’ve saved me from a week of frustration not being able to transfer to my drive.
Thank you very much for teaching us this! For years I have wondered why some external drives allow file transfer between both Mac and PC (these external drives were likely already formatted as ExFAT), or did not allow transfer of Mac files to the external drive (these drives were likely formatted as OS X Extended). Simple solution and great tutorial!
This was EXTREMELY helpful. I’m a complete computer dummy and I was able to follow you step by step. Thank you so much!
Yep!!!😂
7 years later and this video is still helping people out! thanks man
Its really work ! *WARNING* transfer all your files in your harddisk first and then u can format.
follow this step.it is so easy.
1.transfer all your files on your hardisk.whether to another harddisk,pc or to your mac if the storage is enough.
2.connect your harddisk with no files to your mac
3.click search on your mac (top right), type DISK UTILITY
4.click your external harddisk name then there is ERASE on top
5.click erase then choose format "ExFAT"
6.finish.u can transfer all your files on your harddisk.
Thanks.
Dude.. THANK YOU! 2 Years after you posted this, it's still an issue and your video helps solve it.
👍👍🤟
Brilliant, I thought my hard drive was going to end up in the bin until I watched this video
Ummm why would I want to erase everything on my hard drive just to make it compatible?!?
The mouse is getting me crazy.. but the video really helped me. Thank you!
Seriously, after six months of trying all that I could, including other suggestions from youtube videos, this is the only video that specified the root of the problem why I wasn't able to transfer my Mac pictures on to my USB! Thank you so much for this valuable information.
such a nice video, although id prefer the click sound to be more louder
Thank you dude! 6 years later and this video is still relevant! Also, you need to adjust your volume, the clicking wasn't loud enough =)
Woulda never figured this out on my own. Simple, easy, perfect! Thanks!!!
Thank you so much for this educational video! I was frustrated not being able to move my files to the external drive. I tried changing the permissions, but it still didn't work due to NTFS. Finally, I freed up some storage on my Mac and successfully moved everything to the external drive. Appreciate it!
Thank you for such an 'easy to follow' video. I was finally able to move files from my Macbook to a hard drive that was originally formatted on a Windows laptop.
hi, from 2023! this worked like a charm! thank you!
I found this helpful to understanding why I couldn't move things and it was exactly the NTFS thing. I didn't want to risk deleting everything so I just used another flash drive that did work on the Mac to transfer my files onto there first and then used my Windows PC to transfer it from the small flash drive to my backup drive. A bit longer, but at least I have everything where I want it now!
I'm in the same boat.
I never comment on anything but just had to say not only thank you that i can now save my precious family pics this is like the most simple yet informative tutorial i have ever seen THANK YOU!
instructions unclear: computer became sentient and downloaded my cat
finally, after wasting 3 days of my life trying to ask ppl around me how to do it!! you saved my life in 5 minutes! Thank you so ever much!
Struggling with finishing the video because of the clicking sound..It irritated me to the point where I couldn't focus on what you were saying
Dude I RARELY comment on people’s videos but this one is a life saver. Thank you so much, even though the clicking felt like I was being tortured by the Chinese, I can finally transfer photos to my new hard drive. Thanks again!
**READ THE WARNING** This ERASES your External Hard Drive!!
Late...that warning should be mentioned in the main video. This is a disaster!
EXACTLY!!!!
can u get it back somehow????????
Its a disaster... Have removed all the files😭😭😭
Yea fuck same happened to me! Anyone figured out steps to resolve this?
bought 4TB external disk today. Earlier, I was not able to copy files from my macbook pro to my external drive. Followed your instructions, and it worked! Thank you for sharing 😘
Thank you so much! This video helped me a lot. Totally saved all the videos I was planning to delete just to free up space! God bless you!
Hey guy making the video put the "WARNING" at the START of your video. You're not doing us folks lazy enough to read the video description any favours. I'm pissed cause you cost me a lot of money & time, not to mention permanent loss of some data. Thanks for your video & thanks to ios. The best! For real
SeaGate should pay you for this video. I searched around for like an hour until I found your vid which solved the problem. Thanks!
really helpful especially when you explained the different formats and what they can do. Thanks, I can set up my hard drive with confidence now! :)
+London In Style happy to hear this thank you. I usually get the you talk too much ha.
This was super helpful, just made the transition from PC to MAC and a lot to learn! After seeing your video I decided to go out and buy a new external HD and not risk losing anything from my other one. Much appreciated!
This was extremely helpful -- thank you! I managed to fix my mom's external hard drive with this video. We had no idea what was wrong before but were able to fix it quickly once we watched! :)
YOUR THE BEST!!!! 2 weeks of searching, finally I can use my external hard drive!!!!
some of yall shouldve known it was gonna erase shit when he said ‘youre gonna want to click erase’
Wow. I have spent twenty years using windows. I am not an expert by far. However my family usually relies on me for help. I have switched to an iPhone a few years ago. I love the freedom I have with sending video and pictures to my mom and dad. However my phone is full. I have battled transferring to my windows for over a year. Recently I bought an used Mac air. I could not believe how easy it was to back up my pictures. Well this is where you come in. I filled the max up. I tried to off load onto an external hard drive for hours. This was not working. I saw a video about a external hard drive that would work. I bought two LaCie 2tb drives. Figured I would make two back up copies. Again I was stuck. You got me accross the finish line. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I appreciate being able to watch and learn. I am now subscribed to your channel. I want to learn this Mac. Thank you again
Now I erased everything I had on my external hard drive... Thank you for your
I did the same. Can i undo it? Help!
thank you for your
OMG! after several hours of trying to figure out how to get pics of my old Mac and saved to external hard drive, I ran across your tutorial! crossing my fingers it works but so far so good. They don't tell you that you need to buy certain hard drives for Mac
this vid teach me how to delete all my files & documents, shit....
Same ... Is it possible to retrieve it somehow?
That's why you should backup your files. The tutorial wasn't completely clear on that, but you should definitely make a copy of your files on your computer before messing with Disk Utility.
@@dominikaleszko7366 if you watch the video closely , he does say to take the items off the hard drive onto your mac first. Then you drag back on after the formatting is done :)
pay attention lol
@@stevengodwin1773 HOW CAN I RETRIEVE IT IF I DONT HAVE BACK UP? UMMM SEND HELP
Kristine May Cister save to your mac first , then transfer later
After not working on OSX for over a decade, I had to get a Macbook to use with Serato DJ and my DJ hardware due to incompatibility with my 12th gen Intel B660 chipset (just a reference to those who are watching this video who are in the same boat as me regarding DJ'ing and Serato).
Now, I had exactly the issue you described in the start of the video.
This little tutorial gave me info on what to do, as I haven't used OSX for so long.
Despite being an almost 6yr old vid, thanks for the info mate.
You helped me out here !
good video and good info but maybe consider checking the volume of your mic before you record and turning off the sound of your mouse when you click on something. Thank you for the video
Thanks for this video. I spent an hour on Google seeking an answer to this problem...no solution. Then when I opened UA-cam your video was near the top of recommends!
😂 I was looking for a video tutorial how to transfer Apple file to my windows USB drive and watching the video hmm 🤔 he sounds familiar then saw iluvtrading, you have so many tutorials out. Liked 👍
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Thanks Man ! I've been always wondering why I couldn't transfer my files onto my external device until I saw your video ! Really appreciated !
A warning should be given at the start of the video. Thank you, I just ended up deleting my 1 TB data.
Me Too!!
same!
Thank you very much! I just had this problem - 6 years later - your video helped me a lot!
NOOOO! I didn't read the description... I really wish you could've said it at the start of the video. Now I lost all my files in the hard drive. It wa basically my life. Now i pray that I get my files back...
bro i also lost all my files...please tell me what you have done to recover your data..
@@prajwalrawat5435 if u find a way tel me too!!!
If you haven't figure it out yet... Use system recovery on your disk to recover files ... Or take it to a recovery center and pay like 100 bucks or download the recovery software which cost 100 bucks
@@bryanescalante2871 hey mannz, i just deleted my stuff and would be great if u could teach me how to do a system recovery...
same happed to me.. lost all my data!
Thank you so much! I couldn’t figure this out and almost returned the product. You’re video was extremely helpful and easy to follow and still useful 5 years later!
Can you please let me know how to recover the lost data now? Kindly reply
THANK YOU !! This is really helpful . Honestly I don’t mind the clicking sound at all , it lets me know when u r making a click so I can follow along fully . Thank you !!
Honestly you saved me from buying a new external hard drive, thank you so much, I am clueless when it comes to technology!
"It's a 500 gigger" made me laugh hahaha I never heard anyone say that hahaha thumbs up from me!!
Bro I laughed hard asf at that
So grateful for this video! Just got a new Mac and learning everything over. Boy is it complicated
For some reasons after doing made my hard drive not work anymore?
still working after six years, thank you for the video
That clicker sound - and youre rambling! Apart from that the information was good
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I just completed the steps and they remain relevant for the new M1 MacBooks. Thank you so much 🙌🏿
This was EXTREMELY EXTREMELY helpful!! Thank you bunches.
Jocelyn Elena No he is just making another new device in side the MacBook and named it as U32 ....new u32 device is not external hard drive it’s a folder that created inside n Mac n transferring file from Mac to Mac .....
Wow you are a lifesaver!!! I’ve been sitting here for 30 minutes trying to figure out why isn’t working! Thanks so much!
But is there any way to do that without even loosing any of my data?
Like converting NTFS to ExFat, but without erasing/formatting the whole disk.
copy the files to ur desktop first, then copy it back to the hard drive and delete from desktop
@@evanyoon1230what if u got no space on the computer
@@lil_emothugg my predicament exactly
@@michaelfitzpatrickjr Mac is such a pain to use. It's mandatory to use it at work and I can't format my hardisk as I have no space on my computer
@@lil_emothugg the only way to do it is unfortunately, either buy another drive or borrow it from someone. Yep, its a pain in the butt. I avoid this by formatting all my drive to exfat before using
Extremely useful tutorial . It was done with clarity . Thank you . I was able to transfer my files from MacBook Pro to Sony external hard disk . It had the format of NTFS. But after changing to EXFAT I was able to transfer . Thank you so much for this extremely good video tutorial 💕💕💕
fantastic, so we have to erase all the drive.. brilliant!
I have never commented on a yt video before but the is as helpful i had to!! Never would have figured this out on my own. Thank you!!!
doesnt help if you have stuff you dont want to erase on the hard drive
THANK U SO MUCH. U saved me. I have been in lockdown in another country for 2 months already. I left my hard-drivers in my home country and a friend borrowed me his one but I couldn't transfer any file and my Mac was running out of memory completely. Thank u so much. It's working great now.
i tried this and i get the message "disk erase failed with error: invalid request" any ideas? I followed your video step by step.
Did you ever figure it out? Having the same problem
same pls let me know
did any of you figure it out?
Same error
Thanks alot! six years later this video help me alot.
This deleted everything on my drive!!!the trash is also empty!how can i get them back??
Dont use the drive before u use data recovery software to recover the files. Otherwise, say bye to your files
Dude, I love you. Never would have figured this out by myself, you've saved like 400GB of my files for me
great but please next time watch with the clicking of the mouse. It just beats into the head when listening to the text.
Besides your voice being low (like everyone bashing you for lol) and the clicking being loud. The content of the video is actually helpful. I appreciate it
Thank you very much for this video, I appreciate it!
Still helpful in 2021. Cheers bud from Mongolia.
You never clarified if changing this setting would erase all the info. You also didn't state whether or not this could be done after data has been transferred to external drive. I'm think you are assuming people already know this....? But you know what happens when we ASSuME...?
My god are you deluded or just a pure child thats only learning, when u go to erase your entire external it prompts you that everything on your HDD will be destroyed meaning erased....
If you have a Seagate hard drive and you don't want to delete your data, this is for you. www.seagate.com/gb/en/support/downloads/item/ntfs-driver-for-mac-os-master-dl/
Thank you dearly William! it worked and this has helped me a lot!
Thnx William Pichette for the info !
luis reznick can u pls tell me?? If we can get it back???? Frm the hard disk 😭😭
Very useful video! Right to the point, and I got my issue fixed in less than 10 minutes! You didn't go over the "Scheme" part of the configuration, but I could see what you chose when I slowed down the video so I just went with it. Worked! Thanks, and big thumbs up!
This was incredibly helpful, thank you!
You should've just warn me at the beginning of the video!!! I've frickin lost all of my memorial pictures and videos!!! FRICKIN THANKS
I did the same thing too ugh!! but my brother suggested to just google how to “unformat an external hard drive” and there’s a bunch of program options that can help but you gotta check if they are free first.
@@jennessy408 Thankyou for the advice 😃 i did retrieve my files back with the help of my friend tho, but i also did what your brother suggested before...unfortunately, i only saw some of the program and it's not free. So, i decided to give up with it hahaha
I lost all my files. You should have had the warning at the start of your video and not on your comments.
sammmee
Thanks for her video! I have a maschine that I got for Christmas and I was downloading some sample sounds from a website that I liked and I couldn’t for the life of me move the samples over into my hard drive and that was an issue because those samples eat up the storage space on my Mac. This video helped me so much and now I can finally move them all to my external hard drive. You were a huge help my dude!
That was it. Thank you!
-Someone who doesn't know crap about Macs.
i didn’t even notice the clicking sound until i read the comments, lol. thanks for the video, it was huge help. :)
This is not a solution, you are just formatting the external disk under FAT32 but you are not giving a solution to be able to transfer data from and to an external disk NTFS with a Mac. I have the problem, that I have downloaded movies to my Mac but I cannot copy them on my external disk (NTFS) which is the format that can be read by my Samsung TV. The TV does not read FAT32. Thanks
Yup, same here. I am not sure if the exfat can be read by my popcorn media player.
New to apple and I’m am hopeless when it comes to technology but this video helped me. Thank you!
Mac is the most shittest thing I have ever seen in my whole life , who said mac never crashed ? my mac crashed every time . cant transfer files in easy way have to buy new external drive to change its format into exFAT are you kidding me ? I am in office and can't transfer files with this stupid mac
Aneeb Artist HAHAHAHA
I almost deleted all my files because of this video. But the tutorial was good but i hope you put a warning sign first that all you files will be deleted. I was luck i read the comments below. But thank you. I might need this in the future
Can't hear u
Money-saver.. Wife wanted to buy a new hard disk because of this issue.. Luckily I manage to stop her!! THANK YOU!!
you’re saving lives!
Hell no’
This enabled me, definitely a software user rather than a Apple pro, to fix my problem myself!!!!! THANK YOU!
2020 this vid still rocks! Easy to follow and understand
I'm glad I didn't read the bad reviews you had here!! Your tutorial was very helpful and I could transfer my files perfectly. Thank you very much!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I'm so bad with technical stuff and this video helped me a lot!
Thank you for posting this. I was completely stuck but it only took me 10 minutes to sort out the issues and it now works perfectly!
OMG - thank you - I have watched so many videos and tried so many diff things. My dual drive was NTFS and I could NOT erase to exFat. I kept getting errors! But this worked! Im trying to use my WD EHD as a time machine backup as my Mac is 2014 and is slow and old. and my 1TB was getting full. Now I can backup to my 4TB backup! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
Thank you!!! Was lost for a minute, but it all came back. I'm glad people like you create these walk throughs!
This video was wayyy tooo helpful, keep guiding and don't pay heed to negative comments
Thanks Buddy, I was up all night trying to figure this out. You are a lifesaver. 🙂
Any way you could make the click sound a bit louder? Found it hard to hear.
Dude omg you took forever to explain this!!
i have tried everything and i even thought of wifi transferring !!and this video suddenly fixed my problem very easily with simple step :D just if you format your USB for example in your windows system you have to get back to your mac system and open disk utility and erasing ur USB and re format your "USB" to EXFAT to be recognized in your window to transfer files with no problems>> thank you man for this VIDEO :)