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navyya13 Author

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Macbook air 2020 issue with transferring data to external drives

im not able to transfer files form macbook to an external hard disk. Will modifying the permission delete the existing content in the hard disk?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 27, 2020 6:33 AM

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Axel Foley

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Posted on Sep 27, 2020 9:44 PM

NO, Repairing/Modifying Permissions will not delete the data on your external drive. On the other hand, Formatting the external drive will delete all the data.

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