Simple but confusing question Macbook copy and paste

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I am trying to copy files from one usb stick to another, and even from the desktop to the drive but even though the stick I am trying to copy too has more than enough space it wont allow me to paste (cross appears or if you go into the receiving drive you cannot paste as no option)

So question is why can i not copy the files across the pen is formatted in NTFS does that make a difference? I have even tried to copy file by file but this again doesn't work either
 
I am fairly sure OSX can read NTFS, but not write to NTFS.
Try formatting it as FAT32 and it hsould be OK.
 
ajf said:
I am fairly sure OSX can read NTFS, but not write to NTFS.
Try formatting it as FAT32 and it hsould be OK.
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Absolutely. Paragon have a program for OS X to write to ntfs formatted drives. If your drive is from seagate you can pick up a free version which I use and is excellent.
 
It can read NTFS but not write.

If you want hassle free copy and paste regardless of system, use exFAT. This will allow you to copy and paste in windows and MacOS.

No need for any additional apps.
 
Sorry to jump in, but how come macOS can read and write to NTFS network drives without issues OOTB then? Why is USB treated differently?
 
Pretty sure network drives use another protocol (samba) and the host OS (the computer on the other end of the network) is actually doing the writing to NTFS
 
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