HT1553 how to change permission for my external hard-disk ??????

can't copy files from my mac to hard disk

You could select the 'Ignore ownership on this volume' box in Get Info for the disk - see below - unlock the lock first:

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How to change the name of External Hard Disk?

I am new to Mac so if this is really easy and I am being completely lame here please excuse me.
I have an External Hard Drive that is being used by Time Machine. I don't want to see it on the desktop so I was going to change the name so it had a '.' character in front to hide it, as suggested on another thread because the hiding of external disks in the finder preferences doesn't quite work right.
How can I change the name? Do I have to reformat it? I don't want to do that because I have been using it for several weeks now so was hoping there is another way.
Thanks for the help.

AlfaGuido,
If I understand your question correctly, you erroneously placed a "." in the name field of your external hard drive to make it invisible. Now that the hard drive is invisible and therefore unusable, you want to remove the "." that you placed in front of the name of your external hard drive.
TinkerTool will allow you to see the drive and remove the "." from the name field using the TinkerTool>Finder>Finder options: [✓] Show hidden and system files.
;~)

How can I get my LaCie external hard disk icon to reappear on my desktop?

The iMac discussion section does not seem open to me asking this question. It's geared to the Intel Macs or other categories which do not allow for me to type in the following question:
Bottom Line Question:
How can I get my La Cie external hard disk icon to re-appear on my desktop?
Background:
I clicked Go > Computer
At that point there the usual set of icons in the far left hand column, including one for my LaCie external hard disk. Near that icon there was a dark upturned truncated/shortened arrow. I absent-mindedly clicked on that dark arrow, and at that moment I could hear my LaCie external hard drive power down; I heard the sound of hardware powering down.
The LaCie external hard drive is sitting right next to my iMac and its blue light is ON so I know that at very least I didn't turn it off.
But where is it?
And how can I get it to reappear on my desktop?
Right now when I click onto Go > Computer, the LaCie external hard drive disk is NOT THERE.
Thank you.
Lorna in Southern California

James, yes. I put the question in the iMac section and did get some solutions. My LaCie external hard drive is back now. I was aware that the arrow is connected to Eject actions, but was concerned when I went to Finder Preferences and selected the LaCie to show up on the Desktop, and its icon did not show up on the desktop. I hope you and your family are enjoying the weekend, James. But how could you not: You have little Kate there with you. Lorna in Southern California

How can i put files in external hard disk??

i want to put two 2 video files to an external hard disk
i cannot figure it out!!!
plz help!!!!

GOTO Finder top of menu bar on desktop....then PREFERENCE......then GENERAL tab.....then check "hard disks".....it will show your EXTERNAL HD on the desktop,....click to open......
drag files into the HD file folder. easy.

Haw to change permission on a external hard drive?

HI,
I can't use my external hard drive cause after the upgrade to lion when I try to do it the mac says that I haven't permission to open it...
EHD: verbatim gigabit NAS external hard drive
thx

That's if you want to have permission on the drive at all.
If you want the drive to be accessible by everyone then do the following:
Highlight the disk
Command-i to get info
Click the disclosure triangle next to "Sharing & Permissions" if it's not already pointing down
Check the box "Ignore ownership on this volume"
If it's grayed out you'll have to click the little orange padlock and supply your admin credentials.

Best format for an external hard disk

Hi
I need to re-formated my WD 1TB external hard drive and was wondering what is the best file format to use (MS DOS FAT-32, Mac OS Extended Journalled etc)
All I store on it are all my videos, tv shows, and back-ups of all my work, documents etc, but I don't use it with time machine
Is one format better than the other for my needs?
Thanks
Andy

Frankless24 wrote:
How can I transfer something off of the drive that is over 4GB??
You don't transfer the file to a FAT(32) aka "MSDOS" formatted drive, partition or USB thumb drive.
The file is already on a drive that is formatted either exFAT, NTFS or HFS+ as it's over 4GB already or it wouldn't be there in the first place.
Drives, partitions, formatting w/Mac's + PC's

How to use iMovie with an External Hard DIsk

This seems to be a common question for the obvious reason that Movie folders rapidly become too large for the main HD, especially on a laptop, or if you want to use the same Movies folder on two Macs (eg iMac and MBP). Searching Apple Support and the forum comes up with some rather complicated answers. I think I have found a very simple one, which seems to work. So I'm posting this as an answer rather than a question, but any comments/problems humbly accepted.
Copy your movies folder from your home folder to the external drive (and preferably, for back-up reasons, to another drive too), then delete the movies folder in your home folder.
Make an alias of the new Movies folder, and copy it back to your home folder. If you were now to try to open iMovie, it wouldn't work, so now comes the important bit that I discovered by trial and error. Quit iMovie (if open), and rename the alias from "Movies alias" to just "Movies". Re-open iMovie, and bingo, all your events and projects appear!
I've tried it and created a new project and it all seems to work.
One word of caution - if you are relying on Time Machine as your sole backup, I don't think TM will automatically back up the contents of the aliased folder, so you need to set it up to do so, or make other arrangements for backing up.
Is it really this easy?

You can use an external by creating the exact folders called "iMovie Events" and "iMovie Projects". They must be on the top directory ( ie, WD500/iMovie Events/) in order for iMovie to find them.
Be warned. I believe Time Machine is messing with the source path names. If you use Time Machine, it may cause you to lose linkage to source clips.

How can I see if an external Hard Disk has spun down?

Does anybody know? Where or how?
Thanks

I use patented FeelSpin®. I just put my hand on the enclosure. If it's not spinning, I can feel there's no vibration, even the slightest. Not being a smartass: low tech solution works for me.
I suppose it might not work if the enclosure/drive when spinning transmits absoutely no vibration. Put your hand on the enclosure while the drive is spinning, then unmount the drive and feel the difference.

Search for perfect external hard disk enclosure / RAID1

Today, am using stand-alone enclosures connected to a Mac Mini (running SL) via FW400 and USB.
Am storing my media on a 2 TB WD Green HD and am looking for redundancy (RAID1) while keeping the form factor down (wife approval factor).
Plan to add a second 2 TB drive, but need to find the ideal RAID enclosure. Have been looking into this for some time, but when I find what I think will work, the reviews aren't very favorable.
Here are the requirements:
- Supports SATA drives (minimum 2)
- Hardware RAID1 support
- Firewire 400 (800 preferred)
- Low noise/low heat (passive cooling preferred)
- Power Management (turns off when HTPC is off)
- Small(ish) form factor (e.g. under 8" x 8" x 15" (H x W x D)
I'd consider using Mac OS X Software to create the RAID but have read too many reports that indicate it is problematic. Also considered NAS (vs DAS) but want to use the array as a time machine disk also so it would need to be mac friendly.
Can any one chime in with some hands-on recommendations for an enclosure/RAID1 that meets my requirements, or experiences when using software RAID1 on the Mac?

Langley James Rock wrote:
Can any one chime in with some hands-on recommendations for an enclosure/RAID1 that meets my requirements, or experiences when using software RAID1 on the Mac?
Take a look here:
http://www.g-technology.com/products/g-safe.cfm
I have just ordered one. I have two G Safe drives, they work well with the Mac. They go to sleep (or not) according to the Mac settings.
I have ordered a third module so I can always keep a copy off site.
They are available 500 Gig to 2 Tb. Interfaces eSATA, USB, FW 800.
From personal experience I would not recommend software Raid for safety. My two excursions into software raid resulted in tears.

Help reg what formats to be used for my new 4tb mini stack to back up my macbook and 2 external hard disks

Hey Guys,
I need an advice from you experts regarding the different formats to be used to format my New 4 Tb ministack from OWC. I have a Mid 2010 Intel macbook pro with 500gb hard disk using Mountain lion and two external hard disk from Samsung and Iomega 1Tb each. I want to format this ministack into 4 partitions each of 1Tb each.
1) 1 Tb for time machine to back up my macbook pro.
2) 1 Tb of Free space to be used to store extra data using both windows and mac os.
3) 1 Tb for Samsung back up
4) 1 Tb for my Iomega back up
I know that for 1st option i need to format the partition (volume) to Mac os extended (journalled). I need help for others.For the 1 Tb free space, can i use NTFS so that i can use it on my wifes windows laptop and use a third a party application like tuxera NTFS for use on my macbook which i am already using to use my samsung and Iomega Ext HDD.
Also What format is required for these two 1 Tb volumes dedicated for external hard disk backups and how can i back up my external hard disks to these formatted volumes. Do i need to format them to Mac os extended (journalled) as well as i shall be using macbook pro to back up these hard disks.
Which would be the best software to back up these Ext hdd,can i use time machine? or CCC ?
Your help help shall be gretaly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Get Disk Warrior that will repair the problems without requiring that you reformat the drive - $99.00 on a bootable CD. Will not work on a FAT formatted drive.
You will need to use Drag and Drop to save your files by copying them from the bad drive to a good one.
To reprep the drive:
Drive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.

Sharing disabled for external hard disks?

After installing Lion, I find that I could not enable sharing for my external hard disks. I right-clicked each hard disk in Finder, checked the Shared Folder box and after I close the window and reopen it, the Shared Folder box is again unchecked. In System Prefs, I have already enabled File Sharing. Also, I could not do Screen Sharing as well. What could be wrong? I didn't have all these problems with Snow Leopard. Now my media player (on the same network) cannot see the two hard disks attached to my iMac.

If the external hard disk is connected via network, I found that if you connect to that hard disk through its IP address in a web browser and change it's folder preferences to (everyone can read/write), that will allow Lion to access the files.
I had the same situation, and this worked. You can use a program called Magical Finder to locate the IP address.
http://www.iodata.jp/lib/product/m/3022_mac.htm
The site is in Japanese, but the software has English support. Really easy to use, but you could probably use any kind of network scanning software to find the ip address.

How do i change read/write permission on an external hard drive?

how do i change read/write permissions for an external hard drive?

If, on the otherhand, you are trying to write to a drive that is formatted NTFS (for Windows), and can't.
You have two choices...
1. Reformat the drive. Either Mac OS format, if you are using this only on your Mac. Or ExFAT, or FAT 32 if you intend to use it on both a Mac OS computer and a Windows unit. note: ExFAT is not suported by XP.
2. Install one of the drivers necessary for the Mac to write to a NTFS volume. Unless you want the experience of having the support for this being one that is sporadic, avoid this. I used to be a strong proponent of NTFS-3G, until I started having the problems with Lion, that many users warned us about. Go this route only if you find you must use NTFS on your drive. Paragon and Tuxtera are the sources for these.

How do I change the desktop Icon for an external hard drive? I have gone to "Get Info" and tried dragging and dropping several formats of pictures and the icon changes to the generic image of that file type.

how can I change the desktop icon for an external hard drive. Using LaCies and Dimple hard drives.

One of the things I've found with OS X (at least with Snow Leopard, which is my first excursion into OS X), is that all too often the thumbnail displayed on a file, whether a file created or one downloaded, is a false thumbnail. That is, when you do a Get Info on the file the icon in the upper left is the generic icon for that file type, rather than the thumbnail displayed in Finder. Makes it a bit difficult to copy.
Apparently Finder uses Preview in the background to generate the displayed thumbnail without actually creating one.
What I've resorted to doing, particularly with graphic images, is to process them with GraphicConverter - I have its prefs set to automatially add thumbnails and previews. With an individual file this means opening it in GC and doing a Save As. However, a much easier and faster way is when there are two or more such files; I put them in a common folder and drop the folder onto GC. GC then opens them in a catalog view, in the process adding real thumbnails and previews to each automatically. Doesn't take long to do several hundred files that way.

I am running iTunes on an IBM comp system Win XP with a 70gb hard disk. I have 4 kids with 4 IPOD Touches. Their apps and album art are eating up the hard disk space. I changed the Media Folder to an external hard disk. How do I get the apps to go their?

I am running iTunes on an IBM compatible system running Windows XP with a relatively small hard disk (70gb). I have 4 kids with 4 IPOD Touches, multiple IPOD Nanos, etc. Their apps and album art are eating up the hard disk space. I changed the Media Folder through Edit, Prferences, Advances, iTunes Media Folder to an external hard disk. The new music downloads and purchases go there but the apps and other items do not. How do I get the apps and other iTunes software and downloads to go to the external hard disk

There is no built in function to make this happen.
Your options are:
Upgrade the existing hard drive.
Try creating a link for the app folder on the external drive... this may or may not work.
Realistically, a larger hard drive is a better solution, then use the external drive for keeping a backup of the ENTIRE iTunes folder and any other personal data on the system.

How to change permission file

i have an old file in my website lhokseumawe dalam angka for year 2004, 2005 and more
you can check it here: http://www.bappedalhokseumawe.web.id/lhokseumawe-dalam-angka
but i lost the original one because the person making the file is not there or retire.
how do i change permission for copy, print,etc
please help me, because this is important file for the local goverment in my place
thanks

sorry for not clear question, what i mean is Document restriction summary
Printing                                              : Allowed
Document Assembly                          : Not Allowed
Content Copying                               :Not Allowed
Content Copying for accessibilty       : Allowed
etc
how do i change permission to be allowed or not ?

HT1553 how to change permission for my external hard-disk ??????

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