The first use of Mac computer users friends sometimes there will be such a problem occurs, is the new U disk, the computer is also new, found that the files on the U disk and the mobile drive can be copied to the computer, but there is no way to copy the computer files on the USB stick, do not know why?
In fact, the format of the problem, USB and mobile drives are generally NTFS format, and Mac is not supported in this format disk write, so on the Mac can not copy files to the USB stick.
To solve this problem is also very simple, one is to convert the disk format, the other is to install the NTFS for Mac software. Now let's introduce these two ways.
One, convert disk format
In the Windows computer to insert the need to convert the format of the USB flash drive, click to view the properties of this USB drive, we can find that it is now in NTFS format.
Figure 1: Disk Properties
Close the window and select disk (E) Right-click to select Format, select FAT32 in the file system, and click Start.
Figure 2: Formatting the disk
But to do this, we need to note that before the format of the USB flash drive to back up the useful data, because after the format of the disk data will disappear, so this method is not recommended to use.
Two, NTFS for MAC
First we do Paragon NTFS for mac download (free: http://wm.makeding.com/iclk/?zoneid=12645)on the official website and then install.
After the installation progress, the computer will restart automatically, so we have to do a good job of computer backup, after restarting we can see in the system Preferences of the software.
Figure 3:paragon NTFS for Mac
Because the software does not need to execute specific commands to load the NTFS partition, we can then copy the files to the USB drive in the Mac.
From the comparison of the above two methods we can find that the first kind of operation is cumbersome, and accidentally will be in the USB drive data loss. The installation of Paragon NTFS for Mac will not have such a problem, the operation is very convenient, the speed of copying files is also quite impressive, it is called the Mac prerequisite software.
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