How to Repair Permissions in El Capitan

I can't open libraries on an external HD due to the permissions got messed up on the drive. It's read only. Unfournately when I try to change the "Read Only" to "Read & Write" there is not an option in the "Get Info" Tab. It just says "Read Only" with no drop down menu to change it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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How is the drive formatted?

It's formatted NTFS. Which is how the drive came with software to communicate to the mac.

www.fcp.co/forum/4-final-cut-pro-x-fcpx/...-clean-install#70686

Can't use NTSF with FCPX, simple as that.

JFilmmaker1 wrote: It's formatted NTFS. Which is how the drive came with software to communicate to the mac.

OS X can read NTFS but not write to it. If you want to use FCPX libraries on an NTFS volume, you'll need Paragon NTFS: www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/

I have briefly tested this on FCPX, including updating an old library to 10.11.2. Libraries (inc'l write access) seem to work on NTFS volumes using Paragon. However FCPX uses specific HFS+ features so I'm not sure if all of these are or can be remapped to NTFS, even with the Paragon software.

I would be hesitant to commit important production work to this arrangement without more testing.

Even though I haven't had a problem using Paragon when writing to NTFS volumes, I would never use a FCPX library on an NTFS volume. FCPX constantly writes to the library, and you're just asking for trouble. Just reformat as HFS+ and be done with it.