

I don't have a hundred dollars lying around to buy another external hard drive right now to be able to copy the files to a new one. Select the volume in the left pane for which you want to repair permissions. To repair your permissions using the Disk Utility: 1. For newer version, disk permissions are automatically protected. I know it doesn't work on the flash hard drive, but shouldn't it recognize the other kind of hard drive that is the external one? Is there any program I can use to defragment it or anything I can do to fix it. Repairing disk permission only suits for Mac earlier OS 10.10 versions. I can't find any de-fragmenting app that will work on my Mac.

But I have a Mac with a flash hard drive and use a mounting software to view the external hard drive. It reminds me of issues I used to have way back when I used to have a PC. When Macs need to be defragged The only reason you might need to defrag your Mac is if the following applies: Your Mac has a hard drive. If worst comes to worst, you can use it to retrieve over 200 file formats with numerous scanning methods. Disk Drill is quick, reliable, and intuitive, so you won’t need any technical skills to solve your problems. But lately space on the hard drive has randomly been disappearing. Disk Drill To start, we have one of the most popular data recovery solutions. I purchased the app and have been using it just fine.

The problem is, the person who gifted it to me didn't realize it was a Windows based one that needed special software to be viewed on a Mac. It is a 4TB one that was gifted to my a year ago for Christmas. So I have a portable hard drive I use with my Macbook Air.
