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I have a USB-3 drive that I use as a tertiary backup when I travel. Every now and then it goes into Read Only mode and I have to try to figure out all over again what to do in order to make it Read/Write again. The Disks utility... manually mounting and unmounting... etc. etc. Any tips or tricks to keep this from happening?

I have a USB-3 drive that I use as a tertiary backup when I travel. Every now and then it goes into Read Only mode and I have to try to figure out all over again what to do in order to make it Read/Write again. The Disks utility... manually mounting and unmounting... etc. etc. Any tips or tricks to keep this from happening?

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I've had some go bad after a few days. It's such a cutthroat business that manufacturers cut corners.

Used to have those old 1 and 2GB Micro Center drives last about 6 months with moderate use before they'd go read only.

Yeah, I fear I'm going to have to buy a new one eventually. Cest la vie.