transfer files from Mac to external hard drive (w/o reformatting)

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So I'm running out of storage space on my mac and needs to transfer files onto my external hard drive formatted in NTFS. I cannot reformat the hard drive into FAT 32 because I have a lot of files on my hard drive too which I need and I have no where to transfer them.

My old way is running Parallel on mac and copying with that, but now it failed for complicated reasons. I need another way to move files, preferably simple and quick. (sryly there's no programs that does this?)

Apology if I sound rough, but seeing how nothing on the internet has solved my problem so far frustrates me. Hope this forum can enlighten me.
 
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A Mac will not write to NTFS drives. They can only read them.
You need to backup the NTFS drive somewhere else, using your windows machine. Then format the drive to FAT-32. This is the format needed for cross-platform use
 

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