External Drive HELP ASAP

Hey my western digital mybook 500gb external drive randomly when i came back to my macbook pro it said it was removed and i look its plugged in. i tried unplugging and plugging back in and ther drive wont show on my mac. also ive tried restarting my mac and a few other little things. Why wont my hard drive show? did it crash? or can i recover it.? it is still on warrenty.

Hi demarial;
Maybe in the future you will backup important data!
If your use of Tech Tool Pro does yield the results you need, you might consider download a demo copy of FileSalvage. After running the demo it will tell you what it can recover then you have to pay for it to actually recover the files for you.
Allan

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External Drive Help

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Basically:
When i select 'Go-> Connect to server', it asks for the address. That is fine, it accepts what
i type and also pops up with available folders on the drive.
However, when i then click one of those folders the machine seems to to just stop and freeze
up after a few seconds.
Is it something to do with access rights on Leopard? How can i fix this, i am terrified to re-install software for the external drive in case it wipes all my work.
Regards
Andrew

Hi there, same problem - i just tried ethernet and using the setup assistant that came with the freecom drive i can view the folders on line e.t.c i.e the drive is recognised wirelessly through base station or with ethernet and is connected to.
However, It seems to be the mounting of any folders that is the new problem with Leopard...
Can anyone help? I'm really in trouble here. Everything was perfect until i went to Leopard...
Thanks very much
Andrew

HT1329 Use of ipod as external drive, help!!!

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So restore the iPod as new or from a backup, then sync what you want to the device.

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Assuming the internal drive of your USB case is Parallel IDE/ATA, this is all you need at $46 + shipping:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/MacAlly/PHR100AF/
If it is SATA, this is what you'd need, at $60 + shipping:
http://www.cooldrives.com/combo-sata-drive-enclosure-firewire-and-usb.html
To tell the difference between SATA and Parallel IDE see these images of the back of the hard drive which I got off the Newegg store website for SATA (images are reduced for typical web browser page size, but still show the importance of the difference between the ports): and Parallel IDE .
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Itunes music on external drive help

WHY? When I set the Adv prefs in iTunes and point it to my music which resides on an external drive (Time Capsule) ~ that (upon launch) if it can't see the drive on the network it decides to create the default "mac hd/users/itunes" folder!!!
Of course it remembers the "keep folders organized" and create mayhem .... MAYHEM!
If I put the HD alias in Startup Items, will it at least TRY to mount the disc, and then subsequently be connected at the time of iTunes launch???
This is a nuisance. It has caused my wife to import CDs multiple times. Redundantcy?! Bah!!!
iTunes: OH NO!!!
Me: Interrupted? A quick network ping or search brings it right back into use!
iTunes: "Oh no! I've lost the song (that is currently PLAYING)!!! What do I do??? I know! Make the DEFAULT User folder!!!
Me: Aaaaaahhhhhh!!!!

Thanks for your post! I used my wife's iMac to post the above rant...
Basically you've re-explained exactly what is happening. I have always pointed to external media, so I set up the iMac the same way.
Media and Library to me are the same things, but iTunes "Library" (.itl) file includes the prefs. (Which point to the external media collection of that .itl "user"... or they should, yes??)
When the drive sleeps, or isnt mounted, an iTunes launch is just being silly be jettisoning the prefs and going back to the ol' user/music/itunes folder nonsense, etc. It should pop up a dialog letting you know that the library is residing on a drive which cannot be found. (hundreds of in iTunes??? great!!!)
It also happens upon waking from a sleep, etc.
I'm just wishing it were a bit more robust and not so easily fussed up. Having someone remember to hold OPT key before launch each time ain't gonna be hapnin'...
Friends dont let friends post drumnk...
Now everything will be in "The Cloud" so... I'm not quite sure when the Cloud rains or if it's a sunny blue-sky day (ew... too Microsofty) that what the app will decide to do to your new CD that you bought at the concert last night and you're flying it into your library or media or cloud or whatever...

Can't access my mp3s from my external drive. help please!

Hey,
So I've read most of the articles in Support but can't find an answer. I read this too : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449.
I'm running itunes 10.5.3 on my imac. I transferred my itunes music folder to an external drive because it was taking up too much space on my internal drive. Then I went into itunes preferences and changed the location of the folder to the external drive.
But I can't access tons of my mp3s now. When I click on a song in my library that it can't access, I get that explanation mark, and a statement asking me if I would like to locate the file. I locate it, and then I can listen to it.
And after I find that missing file for itunes, a window pops up and asks "Would you like itunes to use the location of "-----" to find other missing files in your library"? I select 'yes'. But then itunes can't find the missing files, even if they're in the same exact folder as the last one I found! It seems to me like this function is broken? And I have like 2,000 missing files! I even re-imported my itunes music folder back into my library. But that didn't work and now I have a ton of duplicates.
Any suggestions?
J

I read this too : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449.
I'm running itunes 10.5.3 on my imac. I transferred my itunes music folder to an external drive because it was taking up too much space on my internal drive. Then I went into itunes preferences and changed the location of the folder to the external drive.
That's where you went wrong.
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer [or another drive] - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
do not confuse moving your whole folder and library with moving just media files as in
iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449
Quick answer if you let iTunes manage your music: Copy the entire iTunes folder (and in doing so all its subfolders and files) intact to the other drive. Start iTunes with the option key held down and guide it to the new location of the library.

Library on External Drive Help

I store my library on an external hard drive. When I upgraded to version 11, iTunes isn't seeing most of my library. I've changed my preferences to the external hard drive but it still isn't seeing the enitire library. It also only shows one of my playlists. Any ideas? I'm running Windows 7 Enterprise.

OK make sure you take note of the drives letter on the OLD pc as this is the letter you will have to change it too on the new PC
On NEW PC
1) Download and install the latest version of iTUnes and if you have an iPOd install the latest ipod updater here http://www.apple.com/ipod/download/
2) With ipod disconnected and iTunes closed, connect the external.
3) Change the externals drive letter to the one it was on the old PC. Goto ( WIn XP ) Control panel>Admin Tools>Computer management>Disk Management. Rightclick the external drive and hit "CHange Drive Letter" and change it to what it was on the old PC.
4) Goto My Music>iTUnes folder and delete "iTunes Library.itl"
5) Open iTunes, goto File>Import and locate/import the "iTUnes Music Library.xml" file you have saved on the external drive
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ITunes library issues with external drive - HELP!

Hey guys,
I just got the Time Capsule and am using it to store my iTunes library. I went to preferences>Advanced and changed the location of the iTunes Library to my time capsule HD.
The problem I am having is that every time I disconnect from the network iTunes defaults back to user/me/music/itunes and I have to redirect it and then click yes for "organize my library" and then it updates the library, blah blah...
This is very annoying, does anyone have any suggestions?

Try this post;
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449
Maybe the most useful hint for you is the last paragraph "If you move your library to an external drive, you'll need to power up and connect the drive before starting iTunes. If you don't, iTunes will prompt you to either locate the library or to create a new library (which will result in an empty library)."

Need to put Itunes on External Drive - HELP PLEASE

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i too did not want all my music on my internal drive and have successfully moved everything to an external... now i don't know about moving teh actual itunes program but you can move teh folder your itunes takes music from to an external... just go into your setting and change the libraries to that of teh external drive... then just copy everything from your main itunes folder to your new one.... you will also have to get rid of your old playlists because it will not be able to find any of your songs because you moved them.... you can also just relocate all teh files manually but that would take forever... if you don't have complicated playlists then this is a good option in my opinion...

External drive help! Need a hardware wizard!

Hello,
I have a brand new 500GB external that tipped over while it was spinning. It got ruined with about 350GB of info on it. I have in the past used Drive saver and spent over $800 to retreive info on a 250GB drive, and this time I was not about to shell out the $1200bucks they want to retreivefrom the 500GB.
I am aware that the following will void my warranty.
I posted in the past here, and someone talked to me about replacing the plates from one drives to another. I opened the damaged drive and noticed the reading arm had skipped off the hard disk plates, and that the disk edges were damaged. The poster, suggested that the reading arm could be damaged. I figured that I'm willing to buy a new drive for $140 (same as the other one) and risk the $140 and attempt to replace the 3 plates from the inside the damaged drive to the inside of the new drive.
Well it could not read it and got the error message that the drive could not be read and did I want to initialize it. I clicked yes, and used disk utility to initialize it, and got error message :"Disk erase failed input/output error". Although the icon of the drive appears in disk utility, it reads next to it" 2.0TB DMI" it is a 500GB.
So now I am left with what I feared, is 2 X 500GB not recognized by the computer and not initializeable.
Anyone knows a magic approach to this hardware problem? With technologies becoming available to the common "mortal" out there, is there something out there I could use to get my drives back to normal.... Maybe I could buy a $300 piece of hardware even if it was $500... it would be cheaper that using Drive saver. .... How does Drive saver do it?
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Michel
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Need to copy ipod content straight to an external drive - help please.

I know I need third party software to transfer my music back to my pc from my ipod. I was not able to save it directly onto the hard drive - but can anyone recommend a good and reliable one please?
I have just had a really bad experience with 'ipod to computer transfer' who took my money and ran!
Could really do with some good advice.

Hello eyam steve,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
You don't necessarily need any software to help you do this, but what you decide to do is entirely up to you.
There are several ways you can pull the music off your iPod and onto iTunes. The first link below provides step-by-step instructions for the direct method if you have a PC as well as a few third party applications (for both the Mac and PC) if you choose to go that route instead. You can also do a simple Google search for "copy music from iPod to computer" and you should receive a number of sites that can help you out.
Just make sure that when you have your iPod plugged into your computer, that you don't hit "Erase and Sync" before completing the task of copying your music over.
Also, if you have any purchased music, you will probably have to re-authorize your computer by heading to the Store drop down menu and choosing "Authorize computer."
[5 Ways to Copy Music OFF your iPod and onto iTunes|http://www.metaphoriclabs.com/articles/5-ways-to-copy-music-off-your-ipo d-windows-mac-os-x>
Here are a few more helpful sites.
[Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide|http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipo d-to-computer]
Or
[How to copy songs your iPod to your PC|http://lifehacker.com/software/ipod/how-to-copy-songs-from-your-ipod-to-your -pc-105256.php]
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http://ipodtips-tricks.blogspot.com/2008/10/howto-transfer-music-from-ipodto-itu nes.html
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FCP runs on Intel Mac Mini, but won't capture to external drive, HELP!!

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Never use FW hubs when capturing video. They only lead to grief.
Some cameras, particularly Canons, refuse to share the FW bus with anything. Could this be your problem?
If so, there is little I can think of to do with a Mini (or an iMac for that matter) beyond capturing from a different deck/camera that is more social than the Canons and their brethren. You only get the one FW bus.
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Nothing you can do except either switch off Time Machine or move the Events and Projects to another disk.

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yesterday I did the 10.5.7 update and now I can't access any of my external hard drives. The message is "you do not have proper privileges". Have tried downloading/installing the combo update, running permissions repair with Disk Utility, even tried reinstalling my original 10.5.2 system with 'Archive and Install', still the problem persists.
In the privileges dialog, the setting is 'custom' and I can't switch anything back to "read/write".
I'm sure there are other problems but this is quite major as all my work files are located in external drives.
help!

Is it only Lacie drives you've had trouble with, or is it other brands as well?
This is probably a separate problem, but when I updated to OS X 10.5.7, my Buffalo hard drives disappeared. See these threads:
External Hard Drives not recognized now by 10.5.7
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2010075&tstart=0
Don't install 10.5.7
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2004304&tstart=60&start=15
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HELP!! Software to backup external drive to external drive

HI,
We're a small video production company and we're using RAID 0 external drives to do our editing on (for speed). I need to back this work up (ASAP!). I'd like to back the work up onto another external drive (SATA II drives), but it is difficult to do this daily if I don't have some software which will know what folders have been changed and what the new work is.
Is there anything out there that can do this (free ware would be good-but not essential)?
I'm working on a mac book pro and there just isn't enough space on it to use it to edit on, otherwise I would use the timemachine to backup to external drive.
Hope you can help!!!

Let me chime in again:
- for an OS X only solution, you can use Apple Disk Utility System Restore to copy one volume to another volume. Built-in to OS X, no other software needed. Only downside is that it is always a complete copy each time it is performed. So if updating a previously made backup, all the files and folders will be copied again.
- when using SilverKeeper and you have issues or problems, I suggest you send an email to [email protected] I can assure you that you will get a detailed answer since I answer all those emails. It too will make volume backups for directly connected drives. There are limitations when using shared drives over a network. SilverKeeper will make a backup by copying all the files and folders the first time it is used; subsequent backups will update only the new or changed files.
- CCC is also a good solution for making volume backups for any connected drive.
- SuperDuper is also a good solution. The free version will make volume backups; the paid version will perform a smart backup when updating previously made backups. The smart update feature will update the new or changed files.
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