HT1657 Can I download to a Portable hard drive?

I have a WIFI hard drive, can I download rentals to this and watch movies from it?

The entire iYunes Store?!? That would require a very large hard drive and a lot of money.

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The entire iYunes Store?!? That would require a very large hard drive and a lot of money.

Need help - downloading photos to portable hard drive

I've imported about 2000 photos from my iPhone to my Macbook Air. I want to export them now to a portable hard drive but it's saying I don't have enough memory. I was planning on deleting the photos on the MacAir afterwards anyway.
Two questions:
1.) How do I move these photos to my portable hard drive, so I can then delete them on the hard drive?
2.) How do I bypass downloading to the MacAir next time, and move photos right from iPhone to portable hard drive?
I'm tech savvy on all things Windows, and have had Macs in the past, so I'm ready to pull my hair out over these novice questions.
Help!

Have your recipients given you any more info than you've given us? The simplest thing for you to do is to capture your footage, get it in a timeline, then export as a QuickTime movie, which should be around 9 or 10 GB in size. Your PC friend would need to download QuickTime in order to view it.
There are tools available to convert to Windows Media or other formats. One of the best is MPEG Streamclip, which you can download here:
http://www.squared5.com/
You'll need to be certain to format the hard drives properly (do this in Disk Utility): Mac OS Extended for your Mac friend, MS-DOS for your PC friend. There are issues with some PC drives and files over 2GB, so you may need to break your QuickTime movie into 9-minute segments.

Can you set up a portable hard drive on airport extreme

is there a way to set up a portable hard drive on the AirPort Extreme using windows?

FWIW, I currently have a number of WD My Passport portable USB HDDs attached to both my AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule base stations.
In order for either base station to share out this HDD, the drive needs to be formatted in either HFS+ or FAT16/32. It can't share NTFS or ExFAT formatted drives.
Once a properly formatted drive is attached to the base station's USB port, you would use the AirPort Utility to configure it for sharing. Once that is done, Windows treats these drives just like any other network shared drive. That is, they can be accessed using the following format: //servername/sharename. In this case, the "servername" is the base station's Base Station Name, and the "sharename" is the HDD's volume name.

Where Can I buy a, external portable hard drive in MANILA?

Good day.
I am from the Philippines. I am thinking of buying an external portable hard drive for my ibook. Where in Manila can I buy this? What store? and what brand do you suggest? Should i get firewire or usb?
Thanks...

You can find them at numerous online retailers - model is Western Digital WD20NPVX and the spec sheet is http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-771439.pdf
Amazon has them for about $160 - again, they are too thick to fit in any Mac laptop though. And I seriously doubt you will find a 2.5" 2TB drive for $100 - that size has only recently even become available.

Please help! The alias can't be opened because the original item can't be found. Portable Hard Drive, Macbook, OS 10.7

Hi folks,
Desperate for some help!
I have a very cluttered, slow Macbook Pro running 10.7.5. Bought a 2TB WD My Passport for Mac (2TB) with the intention of transferring my many, many files and folders over to it, to increase my memory and boost the performance of my Macbook. (Also handy to have files on the go).sktop
I transferred everything (all files off desktop, documents, photos etc) using drag and drop.
Then I trashed all the files, but did NOT empty Trash because I wanted to check the process had worked
Now, when I plug in my hard drive, and open it up, all my files and folders are there, but with little arrows on the bottom left of the file/folder. When I go to open any one of them, I get this message:
"The alias “X” can’t be opened because the original item can’t be found."
I don't know what to do. Is this because of the way I dragged and dropped the files? I'm guessing so. Or is it because I still have the items in my Trash? (I'm obviously petrified of emptying the Trash now though) Is it because of my OS?
Apologies, I'm a novice to this (hence why my 4 year old mbp is running so slowly; it's got 4 year's worth of work on it, and now I obviously don't even know how to transfer files properly to an external HD) but I'd really be ever so grateful for your help. I just want to successfully back up my files to this HD so my mpb runs faster. I'm now terrified I've corrupted my files. I don't even understand what an Alias is.
Would love to hear from you! I'm totally new to these forums so hope I've posted right! Thanks!

sibby22 wrote:
...Now, when I plug in my hard drive, and open it up, all my files and folders are there, but with little arrows on the bottom left of the file/folder. When I go to open any one of them, I get this message:
"The alias “X” can’t be opened because the original item can’t be found."
It sounds like what got created on your external is a collection of aliases which point to the original files and folders but aren't actually copies of the files and folders themselves. The original items have been moved to the trash so even if they could be found, they couldn't be opened. As a test, pick a file (not a folder) on the external that should be large and see what size it actually is (Get Info). Aliases are smaller so you can tell the difference apart from that little arrow (the Get Info box will also identify the file as an alias). Dragging the files to the external should have automatically created copies rather than aliases unless you held down the Command and Option keys while dragging.
In any case, you were wise not to empty the trash; to be safe get those important files back out of the Trash so you can start over. But this time, try moving a few at a time and let us know what happens.

Can I backup to a portable hard drive?

I have a new mac and wish to transfer my itunes library to it from a work (new, 15" i-core5) laptop. Easier said than done. I have any number of portable drives, but the only option I seem to have is backing up the library and all the contents onto discs. I have done this before, a number of times, but the Mac Pro computer refuses to read the discs. This is such a simple request; there is obviously something I'm missing. And don't get me started on Time Machine.

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Can't get my portable hard drive to conect with FCP! What should I do?

Every time I try to reset my scratch disk to have my media go to my portable hard drive the message "Unable to set scratch disk. Selected directory is on a write protected or non-writable media." How do I change/fix this so my media can be sent to my portable hard drive?

Hi - Try this.
In the finder, click on the external drive icon.
Go to the Menu:: File > Get Info
A window will open.
At the bottom of that window, click on the triangle next to "Sharing and Permissions" to open the pane.
Click on the lock at the bottom corner of the pane and enter your password so that you can change the permissions for the drive.
Change the permissions. Re-lock the pane.
Close the window.
Restart your computer.
You should be good to go.
Hope this helos.
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Can I download video SD cards directly into a portable hard drive?

I'm back to square one, i.e., no solution or answer.
I visited the Apple store with the intent of purchasing a LaCie portable hard drive. It looks like an excellent unit. I asked Apple personnel "can I directly plug in a microSD card (via adaptor) into this harddrive and download my videos?". The answer "no, you need to use a laptop" as the intermediary download point. This defeats the purpose of a hard drive. I do not want to lug my MacBook along. Result: no sale.
Does anyone have any 'real world' experience with 'an'y portable hard drive directly accepting video input via a microSD card ? I apparently did not phrase my earlier question clearly enough. Again, there will be no laptop available.
thanx,
bill

Assuming you're using Safari, the default download folder is specified in Safari>Preferences>General. Go there and you'll see where Downloads is currently selected. Click on that, select Other, navigate to the directory you want to use and click Select.

How can I stop downloading pictures into iPhoto and start down loading into a portable hard drive?

How can I stop downloading pictures into iPhoto and start down loading into a portable hard drive?

You could use the Image Capture application.

Problems Downloading iTunes Library From Portable Hard Drive

Why does it take so long to transfer iTunes songs from a portable hard drive?
Here are my stats:
Machine Name: iMac
Machine Model: PowerMac4,2
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.1)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 800 MHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 100 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.4.1f1
I'm downloading a 9,000 song library from the portable hard drive to an empty iTunes program. I highlighted all of the song files (Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, etc.) It took at least an hour for all of the songs to "process". Then my computer told me there is not enough room to store them all. I understand this because the list of songs I want to import is 34 gig. What I don't understand is why it has taken since midnight last night (it is now 14 1/2 hours later) and song no.6,450 of 6,800 is loading. Does it normally take this long for such a large amount of songs to transfer. Will there be any way that I can transfer the other 2,200 songs after this is done?
I also want to know if anyone knows if it makes sense for me partition the iTunes library somehow so it won't slow the computer down by being such a large file.
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I would think you could access them directly from that drive, but I am not sure if the USB 1.1 bus speed will cause problems or not like stuttering, long pauses, aborts in the middle of songs, etc. You can certain give it a try and let us know if it works ok that way.
Also keep in mind that USB is a shared bus so it may work if the USB bus is doing nothing more than accessing the drive and your keyboard and mouse. If you start scanning in something from a USB scanner, printing to a USB printer, accessing a USB to Wifi device, etc. then you might see more issues with playback as iTunes has to share the USB connection with other things.
Patrick

Can I back-up files to a portable hard drive and not use Time Machine?

I have a portable hard drive that I use for all of my Time Machine back-ups. I back-up the entire system every two or three weeks. I use the Time Machine software and it works quite well. I'm interested in backing up specific files (photos, documents, etc.) to a second portable drive every six months but I don't want to use the Time Machine software. Is there a simple way to hook up the portable drive (brand new Lacie 500 gb drive), open up the file on my desktop and drag the files to the new drive? Are there special steps I need to perform to avoid formatting the drive for Time Machine? Any tips will be greatly appreciated.

MacConvert54 wrote:
Is there a simple way to hook up the portable drive (brand new Lacie 500 gb drive), open up the file on my desktop and drag the files to the new drive?
You can do that, but you'll have to erase the drive, or delete the previous versions, each time. You might want to look at CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper. They're most often used to make full bootable "clones" of your internal HD, but can be set to back up specific files and folders as well. CCC is donationware, so you can try it for a while before sending them some $$ so they can keep it up to date. SD has a free version, but I think you'll need the paid one (about $30, I think) to do this.
Are there special steps I need to perform to avoid formatting the drive for Time Machine?
It would be best to format it for Macs, which is the same as Time Machine. What is the problem with that?

HT6065 I updated my iMac computer to osx version 10.9.1 but now can't retrieve photo's from my lacie portable hard drive . Also when my computer comes on it does not show the finder bar unless I have another program up like Safari...should I delete my up

I have updated my iMac ot osx 10.9.1 but my screen no longer shows my finder bar unless I activate another program like mail or safari. also I can't access photos stored on my portable hard drive that was used before the update. Should I unsubscribe my update?
Jennifer

Did you make a backup of your system before you replaced the operating system?

How can I reformat my portable hard drive?

I have a Seagate 1TB portable hard drive, connected by USB to my MacBook Pro.
I use it as my Time Machine.
I have been getting error messages saying the drive is not working.
I have tried to repair it via Disk Utility but get this message:
Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.
1. How can I repair it and protect the files I have on it?
2. Alternatively, how can I wipe it and start again as a new Time Machine?
Thank you

In Disk Utility select that external drive then click the Partition tab. Then select One partition from the Partition Layout drop down and make sure it is set to a GUID partition table, that is under the Options button, and the format is set to Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
Then Click the Apply Button. If the drive is still good it will be partitions and formatted and then can be used for a TM backup drive.
But I suspect either the drive is failing or the electronics in the drive enclosure are failing. In the first case there isn't much you can do about a failing hard drive except replace it. On the second part if the enclosure electronics are failing then you can take the physical hard drive out that enclosure and connect it to your mac with a SATA to USB adapter or put it in another enclosure.
Then you have the simple fact the Apple Mac notebook computers always seem to have a problem with these USB Bus powered external hard drives. It seems the USB port on Mac notebook don't put out enough power on the USB port to fully power up these type of drives. They do some times but not always. One work around for that is to use a Y USB cable that connect to 2 USB ports at the same time to supply more power to the drive.

My hard drive needed to be replaced for my iMac. When I move the photos from my portable hard drive back into iPhoto, the pictures show up small and I can't adjust them. How do I fix the pictures so they are full size again?

My hard drive needed to be replaced on my iMac. When I try to move the photos from my portable hard drive back onto the Mac, they are small and can't be edited or made any larger. How can I fix them?

YOu restore your phone from your icloud backup.
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