External HardDrive - Powermac to Macbook

I'm buying a macbook in the coming weeks. I have a PowerMac G5 with an external harddrive - usb connection. I have all my files on there and will be transferring the ones i have on my boot drive to it when i get the macbook. will i have any problems getting the files off of the drive once i connect it to my macbook?

You shouldn't have any problems at all. Both systems are Macs. As long as you don't move software directly over, then you're fine.
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I cant use my external harddrive on my macbook, only on windows based computers. how to fix this so I can copy files to the harddrive?

Your external drive is formatted as NTFS.
OSX cannot write to NTFS formatted drives.
If you want to use your drive for both PC and Mac, you need to format it as either ExFAT or FAT.
If you intend to use it only on your Mac, then, format as HFS+.
Use Disk Utility to reformat your drive. You will lose all the data on the drive when reformatting.

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I didn't restore my information from my external harddrive when I set up my new macbook. How do I do it after I set it up?

thank you! I could not think of the name of it for the life of me!

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Hi Guys
I have a External Hard drive that I can see via Disk Ulitity and shows in finder - but I cannot see the actual files and directories, hence not being able to copy them to a new external hard drive
When I connect the External Harddrive to my Macbook I'm getting the message
"OS X can't repair the disk "Untitled"
You can still open or copy files on the disk, but you can’t save changes to files on the disk. Back up the disk and reformat it as soon as you can."
Disk Utility says I have free space so it is recognising the files. I have Time Machine backups on this external harddrive "Untitled" that I need to critical use.
Basically how do I get the files off this external harddrive before it fully stops working? I have tried rebuilding the disk with Disk Warrior but this does not work.
Thank you anyone! I hope someone can help!

Well, I would skip the Firewire since it isn't essential. Connect the backup drive to your new Retina when it arrives, but before you turn it on for the first time. When you then turn it on you will begin in the Setup Assistant where you will have an opportunity to restore your files from a backup drive or another computer. Select the appropriate option. You can then restore (migrate) your Home folder, third-party applications and support files, and system preferences. Once that is completed when the computer restarts you will be all set up in your old Home folder.
Note that you will be transferring files over a USB connection. Depending upon how much data you are transferring this may take a very long time, so be patient. A USB drive's typical transfer rate is about 12 GBs/hour.

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After upgrade de firmware of the AEBS from 7,0 to 7,1 I can not see the to EABS connected external harddrive on my macbook pro anymore. However on my windows pc I can see the drive clearly now with all the files in any directory, while before the upgrade I couldn't see a lot of files on the external harddrive bij Mac or PC. Is there anybody who can help me out with this?
Thanks in advance.
Macbook pro 17" - Airport extreme - Ipod 60Gb - Iomega 320-GB MiniMax Mac OS X (10.4.9) Windows XP/Vista
Macbook pro 17" - Airport extreme - Ipod 60Gb - Iomega 320-GB MiniMax Mac OS X (10.4.9) Windows XP/Vista

I had the exact same problem, here is what helped me, hopefully it will help you also...
I have been using my airport disk (edge_diskgo external HD) now for about 3 weeks, it has been rock solid... until tonight after the firmware update.
My macs could not locate the airport disk, but my pc's still could.
(Maybe this was how the security problem was solved? You can no longer access the Airport disk from macs? Brilliant!)
It turns out that all I had to do on my both my macs is go to
Airport disk utility (just type that in spotlight) and check
both boxes: Automatically discover Airport Disks
Show Airport disks in menu bar
Then I went to the top right hand side of the menu bar, and clicked on the airport disk utility icon, clicked on my basestation name and entered my basestation password.
I also had following settings in Airport Utility/Disks/File sharing:
File sharing is enabled
secure shared disks (with base station password)
Guest access (not allowed)
Share disks over ethernet wan port (checked)..
Advertise disks globally using bonjour (not checked)
My drives are back up with all of their contents, working now, we will see how they do tomorrow.
Thanks for all the help on this post, special Thanks to trevinwagner, hope this helps someone else.... its very late, Goodnight all
Here was the original post
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=875688&tstart=75

DON'T want to designate ENTIRE external harddrive to Time Machine

Hi I have a LaCie Porsche 250GB external harddrive for my MacBook Pro and it's in HFS+ format. I've already used up a lot of it and I have only like 73GB left on it.
My questions are:
1. Would 73GB be alright for Time Machine to use and;
2. Would Time Machine format and overwrite my other stuff which are ALREADY on the harddrive? Because I do NOT wish this to happen.
Thanks!

V.K. wrote:
The Random Sniper wrote:
Hi I have a LaCie Porsche 250GB external harddrive for my MacBook Pro and it's in HFS+ format. I've already used up a lot of it and I have only like 73GB left on it.
My questions are:
1. Would 73GB be alright for Time Machine to use and;
that really depends on the amount of data you want to back up. I would recommend to leave for TM at least 2-3 times more space than the total amount of data you are backing up.
I've heard other make that suggestion, and it's certainly appropriate for some users, but not all, maybe not even most.
The 'correct' size for a TM drive depends on a) the size of your drive, b) the rate at which your drive is being filled or changed and c) how far back you want your backups to go.
For example: I have a 160GB drive in my Macbook, that's mostly growing from email. I have an external 160GB drive for TM. My main drive is only about 60% full, and that's not increasing quickly. My TM drive has plenty of room to hold years of backups at the rate I'm going.
For users who are consuming disk space at a much faster rate, a larger TM drive makes sense. But I wouldn't depend on TM for long term storage of data which has been removed from your main drive, as it's not unheard of for TM to just stop working with an existing backup set, requiring it to start again from scratch.

Usb external harddrive question

hi,
is there a cable that i can connect my usb external harddrive to my macbook by firewire?

Unless the drive also has a Firewire port, then no. There's no such thing as USB-Firewire adaptors.
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Which external harddrive?

I'm looking at buying an external harddrive for my macbook which and wanted to ask a couple of questions. firstly if i have a bus powered external harddrive will it become a drain on my macbook if the macbook itself is plugged in and secondly can anyone recommend a good external hardrive. i use mainly audio recording and producing software so i'd prefer a fast drive of 7200rpm, usb2 connected and if someone knows of one that can be both bus powered with the option of plugging it into the mains would be great. thanks in advance for anyone who can offer some good tips.

bus powered drives will only be 2.5" hard drives, which have a max capacity of 160GB, the tradeoff is the 5,400RPM. 2.5" drives only come in 100GB max for the 7,200RPM models.
Bus powered drives do drain the power out of your macbook, but if your computer is plugged in thats not an issue. theyre easier to travel with because its just one cable. since your macbook has firewire, its probably best to just go with that anyway, since it has better data transfer.
if youre looking for higher capacity and still have the 7,200RPM youll have to go with a 3.5" SATA drive. you arent obligated to get one of the prebuilt external drives. you can get a good drive enclosure from otherworldcomputing.com and get any 3.5" hard drive you wish to install. you can do likewise for 2.5" models.
i dont recall external drives that allow you to use both bus and AC power or either one. it may exist, but i dont think it does.
LaCie makes good external portable hard drives. they have both USB and Firewire versions and have a 7,200RPM spindle speed. but again youre only going to find 100GB as your max capacity. the Firelite external drive is pretty good too, and it too has USB. i think both are available in the apple store online. but you can find tons of other things on OtherWorldComputing.com

External Harddrive HELP

Hello Apple community,
I recently purcased a Macbook with 120 harddrive, and yes I'm an idiot. I'm doing alot of editing and suprise surprise have run out of room. I was wondering what would be the cheapest and best option in regards to a 1 terabyte external harddrive? Furthermore, does this act as extra harddrive space, or like a USB key so to speak. what I mean is, say if I need 50 Gb of video data off the external hard drive, will it take hours to transfer it from the external harddrive onto my macbook?
Anyone got any answers?

well there is a plethora of options for you.
just use as back up, or storage, or as a bootable disk, each has their own up and down sides. now on a macbook the fastest way to access the external drive will b via the firewire port.
i use mine to store my music files which will be extremely smaller than your video ones. when i want to use a file i transfer it to my mac (sometimes my imac and sometimes my macbook). this i find is the fastest way to work. also if while working i kill the file i know the original is still on the external so its no too bad.. transferring files back and forth is a pain but it helps as back up too. i try and keep all other file types off my macbooks hard drive (pics mp3 videos "these get stored on the external drive") so that there is plenty of space on it for my work.
50 gig will take about an hour to transfer to your hard drive working from the external drive will slow you down. its normally faster working on files that are on your internal drive thats y i transfer to there.
you can setup programs to read files from an external drive to use but if you are using alot of different files at once the transfer speeds may not keep up and your system will slow down.
hope this helps

I need Lacie external harddrive help

I've been using my Lacie Rugged external harddrive with my Macbook for a while. my macbook crashed for somereason and I'm trying to use the harddrive on the gateway computer in the house. The first time it was plugged in the computer said that a new thing was found and it was installed but now I can't find it on the computer to use it. theres a chance that it might not be working correctly because there is a dent on the fount of it, but its probably just that I'm not looking in the right place for it.

ok well for anybody elts that may need an answer to this ... go to the start menu, right click on my computer. click on the manage option. go into computer managment, storage, disk managment, your harddirve should show up on the bottom of the list (the list will be at the bottom of the window) and um, right click on it ... then I forget. If you need to you could probably figure it out. I found the instructions for this at the lacie website .... but i think formatting might erase stuff on it and then you can't get your mac stuff off of it onto a pc. thanx for your help though.

How to connect an external harddrive with firewire 800 to a macbook with firewire 400?

Hello,
I just got the external harddrive "Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex USB 3.0 1TB" with a Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Upgrade Kabel FireWire 800. I have neither a USB 3.0, nor a Firewire 800 on my white macbook (2008). I already know, that it's possible to use USB 3.0 with an USB 2.0 port, but I would like to use it with the firewire to spare the USB port for other devices. My question: Is there an adapter or cable to use the Seagate Firewire 800 with my Firewire 400 port? I don't know, where and what to look for.
I'm glad for any advice.

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Trying to backup my MacBook Pro onto my External Harddrive, error

I am trying to backup my Macbook Pro onto my External harddrive (the same one I always do), and for some reason all of the sudden I get the error message that says that the backup disk is not available. When I click on the time machine icon at the top it just says that the latest back up is just delayed. What should I do?

Your query strongly suggests that you are using thiis particular HHD for Time Machine backups. It seems that your MBP simply is not recognizing the HDD.
When connected it should appear on you desktop.
If it does not, I would connect another HDD to determine if there is an issue with the Time Machine drive. If another drive is recognized then use the same USB cord with the Time Machine drive. If still no success, make an appointment with the Apple Store Genius bar and bring the drive along with your MBP.
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MacBook White - Possible to reload OSX from an external harddrive?

Ok heres the problem, I own a MacBook White (late 2006) my harddrive and optical drive have failed, I have replaced my harddrive but I'm currently in a pickle with the optical drive (im a university student and funds and time are not on my side).
My Question is can I copy the OSX Install disk onto an external harddrive and boot/install from that? If so how can this be done?
thanks for any help and advice received.
Jay.

Thanks for the reply, I'll be using a PC with windows XP to create the partition and disk image...
I assume this will work fine? also from what I can see on that page I will only need to partition 4gb of the Harddrive for Tiger...
So again assume I could use a flashdrive with the required space.
Thanks again for the advice

I would like to film something with my macbook air and store it on an external harddrive. How can i do this?

What program should I use?
And how much storage would I need for a 3 hour film?

michielgraaff wrote:
So how can I film using my macbook and store it on an external harddrive? How do I change the settings? And what program do I use?
Look at this discussion:
http://https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1798640
The file will be stored in: Macintosh HD / System / Library / Compositions.
I have no idea what setting there may be and how to change them.
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Transfer data to new macbook pro via timemachine external harddrive?

My old macbook pro from 2006, osx (mountain?) lion, has totally broken down now. The screen is black on start up and I think its time is up. I've made saves and backed it up regularly to an external harddrive. If I buy a new macbook pro with yosemite - will I be able to retrieve all the data from the old external harddrive? Could I use an Ipad to access any data?

Yes, you should be able to do that if the backup is a Time Machine backup by using the Time Machine application on your new computer or migrating your data from the Setup Assistant that starts up on your new Mac when you first turn it on. I recommend either approach. You can, at a later time if you wish, use Migration Assistant to transfer your data from the Time Machine backup.

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