WD Elements 1TB drive write-protected - can't revoke read-only

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Hiya all. I need to access my Elements drive and save work to it, but it says the drive is “write-protected”. I don’t know how to revoke the read-only settings on it, but I was wondering if someone else might know? Thank you for any responses.

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When your external drive or any storage drive shows up as “Read Only” on your mac, then you might be encountering a very common problem with the hard drive. In such a situation, the user can open and view the files on a drive but cannot copy or move files to the storage drive. The possible reasons for this issue could be:

  1. External drive is NTFS formatted
  2. Disk permission changed as “Read Only”
  3. External drive is corrupted

However, the issue can be fixed using below DIY methods:

  1. Reformat the external drive
  2. Change/Ignore permissions on an external drive
  3. Repair external drive with disk utility’s first aid

Hope this will help you fix the issue!