Thanks Tim, That might be the case. How do I determine how the drive is formatted, and what third party app will I need?
Thanks, Antonio On Sep 9, 2013, at 12:30 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm guessing that the external HD is formatted NTFS and the Mac won't write > to an NTFS drive without a third party app. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2013-09-08, at 5:35 PM, Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr. <freethau...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I connected an external hard drive to my Mac. I created all content on this >> drive in Windows. >> >> I am trying to open an RTF file and edit, but I get a dialogue first saying >> the file is locked, then when I unlock it, it says the file is write >> protected. >> >> Anyway I can utilize this file without duplicating? >> >> Antonio >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
