

Make sure that Read & Write is set for your user and see if that resolves the issue. Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and APFS should provide you with a list showing your user, staff and everyone. The Sharing & Permissions information will vary depending on the format of the drive.In the Sharing and Permissions section, note the type of permissions for the volume.In the General information section, note the format the of drive, for example, Mac OS Extended (Journaled), APFS, exFAT, etc.Control-click or right-click on the drive and select Get Info from the menu.Locate the drive on the Desktop or in Finder.Use the macOS Get Info feature to check the permissions on a mounted volume in macOS. If the drive is formatted in something other than one of the file systems listed above, Toolkit may report a ‘No readable volumes’ status for the drive. Toolkit displays an NTFS volume as “read-only”. macOS can read an NTFS volume but cannot natively write to it. NTFS - Native file system for Windows.MS-DOS (FAT) - Legacy file system designed for low capacity hard drives.


Use the following troubleshooting information to address this issue. Typical reasons include the drive’s format or permissions.

There are situations in which Toolkit may report a ‘No readable volumes’ status for a drive.
