# Cant Move Licences **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [July 2, 2020, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/cant-move-licences/1626 "2020-07-02T09:19:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Moggle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@Moggle](https://forum.waves.com/u/Moggle)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/cant-move-licences/1626/1 "2020-07-02T09:19:15Z")
Hi, I bought a new Mac and would like to load my licenses to a USB stick (from the old mac). The Problem is, it doesnt work. In Waves Central, my system hard drive is marked as “Read only”. How can i fix that? I can create folders on my system hard drive for example at the desktop, but not in the root folder of the hard drive. iMac OSX 10.15.5 Catalina ---
**Author:** ![Moggle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@Moggle](https://forum.waves.com/u/Moggle)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/cant-move-licences/1626/2 "2020-07-02T19:59:36Z")
Problem solved. I was in contact with the support. I recovered my licenses with my MacBookPro. ---
**Author:** ![OdelWaves](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.waves.com/odelwaves/32/339_2.png) [@OdelWaves](https://forum.waves.com/u/OdelWaves)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/cant-move-licences/1626/3 "2020-07-02T23:17:35Z")
Hi @Moggle, Welcome to our forum 🙂 and thanks for the update. Note that technical issues related to a specific user should be directed to Waves tech support. Here we tend to focus on global aspects that affect multiple users. Also, note that the response time of Waves TS is often much faster. We’ll be happy to see you participating here. ---
**Author:** ![Thisisnotausername](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.waves.com/thisisnotausername/32/1196_2.png) [@Thisisnotausername](https://forum.waves.com/u/Thisisnotausername)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/cant-move-licences/1626/4 "2022-07-14T19:12:28Z")
I too have this problem. Would’ve been nice, if you’d described how you solved the problem. ---
**Author:** ![simon.a.billington](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.waves.com/simon.a.billington/32/158_2.png) [@simon.a.billington](https://forum.waves.com/u/simon.a.billington)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/cant-move-licences/1626/5 "2022-08-09T12:44:31Z")
The read-only aspect often has to do with the formatting of the drive. For example NTFS formatted drives are generally read-only on Mac, unless you’re using some third party software. Its possible that youre drive was in an older format that _may_ have been dropped by Apple. ---
**Author:** ![DjTumbao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@DjTumbao](https://forum.waves.com/u/DjTumbao)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/cant-move-licences/1626/6 "2023-07-12T02:49:51Z")
I have the same problem I so annoying and I have to work and technically support is closed , how did you fix this ? ---
**Author:** ![Adi.Waves](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.waves.com/adi.waves/32/2227_2.png) [@Adi.Waves](https://forum.waves.com/u/Adi.Waves)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/cant-move-licences/1626/7 "2023-07-13T08:03:36Z")
Hi @DjTumbao, Welcome to the Waves Forum. I see you have already reached support and they have replied to your support case. I am sure they will be able to sort that out quickly once you provide them with the requested information.