You can share this post to help more people to solve this question. Please continue reading and look for solutions for solving the read-only WD My Passport on Mac problem. I'm extremely frustrated because this drive is in a read-only mode, and I can't figure out how to change it! Any suggestion to fix this?" "I have a WD My Passport 320GB external hard drive that I am trying to hook up to my iMac for the first time. However, many users complain their WD My Passport is read-only on Mac as the user below in the WD community. You may want to transfer files to WD My Passport from Mac. My Passport comparison, WD My Passport external hard drives are the more widely used. Its product line covers WD My Passport, WD Easystore, WD My Passport Ultra, WD My Book, WD Elements, WD My Passport for Mac, and more. Western Digital is one of the most popular hard drive manufacturers. Scenario 3: Your WD My Passport hard drive is corrupted Scenario 2: You have read-only permission to access the WD My Passport hard drive Scenario 1: Your WD My Passport hard drive is NTFS-formatted WARNING:Formatting the drive will erase all data on the drive, so you should copy any data you want off the drive prior to formatting. Set Format to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Check step 2 to confirm Disk Utility is Showing All Devices. NOTE: If you don’t see Scheme, then make sure that all devices are showing and the non-indented entry is selected.
It is important to keep the following in mind when formatting Mac OS Extended (Journaled):
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