![]() ![]() Catalina seems to break many things that previously worked, so perhaps the actual problem is the opposite of what you believe - Apple software, not seagate software. Suggesting you back up your back up drive somewhere else is also bad advice as the issue is likely Catalina. It is up to the third party developers to make sure all their software works with newer versions of macOS. Now you have to wait and hope that Seagate will update their software to work with Catalina. You say "The proprietary drive software usually will just cause problems" which indicates to me you don't know anything about this - I've used paragon for years without any problem until Catalina.Įxactly and now you have problems because the proprietary Seagate software is not working with Catalina. Why use a Windows file system on a Mac? It is much better to use Disk Utility to reformat the drive as MacOS Extended (Journaled) for use on a Mac or as ExFAT if you need to have a Windows system access the drive. That is because the drive is formatted as NTFS which is a Windows file system. MacOS will mount seagate drives as read-only without the seagate (paragon) software. No I haven't, but I understand how it works and I've seen other threads on these forums where the proprietary drive software causes problems. I don't think you have any actual experience with a seagate drive on MacOS. ![]() It is also possible you have a defective cable or adapter, or the Seagate drive could be defective/failing. If you need to encrypt the external drive, then let macOS use software encryption to encrypt the drive. It is better to just let macOS manage the external drive. The proprietary drive software usually will just cause problems. It is not necessary to use the Seagate software to use or manage the external Seagate drive. Then transfer the files back to the newly formatted/erased Seagate drive. If the drive has been used previously, then connect it to your other computer and back up the contents of the drive so you can reformat (aka erase) it on the Mac using Disk Utility as I described previously. Within Disk Utility you may need to click on "View" and select "Show all devices" before the physical drive will appear in the left pane of Disk Utility. If you need to share this drive with a Windows computer, then erase the drive with ExFAT instead of MacOS Extended (Journaled). If the Seagate drive is brand new, then just use Disk Utility to erase the physical drive as GUID partition and MacOS Extended (Journaled). If the drive is formatted with ExFAT, then perhaps it is using a block size incompatible with macOS. ![]() While Macs can read an NTFS formatted drive, Macs are unable to write to them. If the Seagate drive is brand new it may be formatted as NTFS for use on Windows. You would then need to use the Seagate software to unlock, decrypt, or disable the security features before you can use it on the new computer. Have you ever used this Seagate drive before? If you previously used the Seagate software to manage the drive, then the software may have locked or encrypted the drive. ![]()
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