I have a external hard drive with 52000 song want to lisen but not to down load to my mac mini what I do, help.
i work with windows 7 , have all my music 52k songs, I want to lisen to them but not down load them to my mac mini , 500gb, because is gonna take alot of space, I dont know a lot of this, can somebody help me thanks guys. wifili.
Launch iTunes with the Option key held down and create a new library on that drive, or play them through the QuickTime Player instead of iTunes.
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Re Time Machine
I have an external hard drive with files I backed up manually over the past 2 years 1TB of memory.
I am finally taking the leap to use Time machine to back everything.
will I have to reformat that drive, thus wiping my previous back ups?
can I split it the drive in two partitions?
Also
as I have two separate Macbook Pro's- one older than the other.
OSX 10.68
the other is
OSX 10.75
can I back them up separately?
or even synch and merge files and folders etc? between the two?You CAN use a drive with files already on it to store Time Machine backups. But long term, that is not recommended. You do not need to reformat or re-partition the drive to do this. Once Time Machine Backups are established, you could remove the old files.
But do not delete Time Machines files with the Finder -- that can cause it to lose its place and lose everything.
With the cost of backup drives under US$100, it might be a better idea in the long run to get another drive. Best results from Time Machine is a drive about 3 times larger than the drive(s) you are backing up. -
I have an external hard drive with numerous WMA files that I would like to download to iTunes. How do I do this on my MAC?
You can't write to it because it's formatted as NTFS which OS X will read but not write to. If you want to continue using the drive with both a PC and OS X you will need to download and install NTFS-3G so you can then write to it from your Mac. You can get NTFS-3G at:
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/24481/ntfs-3g
If you want to use the drive exclusively with your Mac then move the data off it and reformat it in Disk Utility (Applications - Utilities - Disk Utilities) as Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) -
I have an external hard drive that shows up in disk utility but Verify and Restore are greyed out.
I have an external hard drive that shows up in disk utility but Verify and Restore are greyed out. I am trying to determine what is wrong with the drive.
I need the data on the drive and it won't show up in Disk Warrior. I have tried different Mac's and different USB cords only to find the same outcome. When selected in Disk Utility the information read as such...
Disk Description : WD Elements 1023 Media Total Capacity : 500.11 GB (500,105,740,288 Bytes)
Connection Bus : USB Write Status : Read/Write
Connection Type : External S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
USB Serial Number : 575837314135304D36373132 Partition Map Scheme : Unformatted
As the drive shows in Disk Utility there must be some life left in it surely. There is a possibilty that the physical connection between the USB cord and the external drive is damaged but since the drive shows up I believe it's unlikely... before I give it to the pro's is there anything else I can do to diagnose the issue?Hello,
I have just experienced the same thing!
Although my external drive shows in Disk Utility, it does not show in Finder.
And the Verify/Repair buttons are also greyed out.
Also, although the drive is 2TB. DU shows it as having Total Capacity of only 4.14GB! (Which should be the Free Space).
I was wondering if you solved your problem, & if so, would you share your solution.
I´m afraid to Erase in case I lose all my Data on the drive.
Thanks in advance for your reply! -
I keep getting "error occurred while attempting to import file *******. The disc your are attempting to use is full." I have an external hard drive that I moved files over to, but apparently they're also still on my hard drive? HELP!
So you have backed up the content of the computer's hard drive, too?
That usually is a great idea since it is possible to lose use of the system
if parts of it have accidentally been removed or get over-written, or the
main system files get corrupted, when the hard disk drive gets too full.
If you have not trashed the originals of your created content, that remain
after you made copies on an external hard drive or other device, then
that is what you'd have to do to reclaim the capacity still in use by them.
What are specifications of the hard disk drive? The unused capacity
verses the used, in GB? If the hard drive has less than 15 to 20%
free or unused capacity, you could run into trouble. Mine are 40-50%
unused hard drive space, so ample room is available for automatic
Virtual Memory to use that capacity as temporary swap file space.
This is helpful when the computer could use more physical RAM
memory capacity, but doesn't have it. Or if the RAM is maxxed out
and you can't add any more. Virtual Memory is part of OS X and the
system automatically can use as much as is available, but it is better
to be sure there is plenty of resources available to include chip RAM
as well as unused or free hard drive capacity for use as VM.
If for some reason your files in Trash won't go away when you empty
it, you may have to restart. Be sure you have not included any System
files in the content in the Trash, or the Mac may not start up later on.
You may have to boot the computer from the install-restore OS X DVD
and run Repair Disk from its version of Disk Utility, to be sure it's OK.
I'm guessing that by now you know enough about the vintage system
in the older hardware to figure it out, so I won't write about it now.
In any event... hopefully you can simply trash the files, but check them
carefully, & you may need to remove (copy to archive first) even more.
Good luck & happy computing! -
I have an external network hard drive with a shared music folder (WD MyBookLive), which I can access from Home Sharing and play music on my Windows computers. On my new Mac, I can see the drive and the music in Home Sharing but the tracks will not play. All the other authorized computers in my home network show up in Home Sharing and I can play the content. What's the solution?
Troubleshooting Home Sharing - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972
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I have an external hard drive with a lot of video files in the mp4 format.
I have all of my music in my computer, so I don't want to lose that functionality. I'd like to keep the videos on the external hard drive, but have album artwork and be able to move those videos with their artwork onto my iPhone through iTunes. How can I do this?
Troubleshooting Home Sharing - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972
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Have an external hard drive, with files on it, no longer showing on desktop
I've had an external hard drive for a few months now, and about 3 weeks ago, it stopped showing up on the desktop and when i search for it, nothing shows up. All of the cords are still connected.
Is there a way to fix this so i don't destroy the files that are on there?Did you try to see if the drive would show up in "Disk Utility"?
First unplug any other firewire/usb devices (except your mouse and keyboard). Sometimes my external firewire drive gives me some issues when my iSight camera is connected. Normally no issues, but once in while they don't like each other and I have to unplug them and plug them back in (sometimes a reboot too).
Unplug and re-plug the external drive connection into your Mac and turn the external drive on. Then go to your Applications folder --> Utilities folder --> open Disk Utility. If the external drive shows up...highlight the drive and click on Repair Permissions. If the drive still does not mount, try swapping out the firewire or USB cable to the external drive with a known good working cable and try rebooting you Mac with your drive plugged in and powered on. Try repairing permissions with Disk Utility again. If you know the cable is good and the drive still will not mount, try connecting it to another Mac.
If your drive is now showing up in Disk Utility and in your Finder, you may have just changed a view setting for the showing or not showing of mounted media on the desktop.
Remember back your computer and backup your external drive if there is any data that is not duplicated or stored elsewhere. I hear of a lot people just storing data on their external and only have one physical copy of a file(s). Never. Always have at least 2 copies of your data on at least 2 different drives, DVD, CD, etc. You just never know when a drive will stop. A great drive cloning app is SuperDuper, google it.
Let us know if you are still having issues. If yes, please give more details...drive brand, firewire or usb, iMac model and OS version. -
New iMac and not a computer whiz. I have a new iMac with an external drive. I am trying to load an old Mac game on it. The Age of Empires icon tells me to drag it to the hard drive icon. Where is that? I have tried finder and launch pad. No luck.
Choose Computer from the Finder's Go menu and find the internal drive.
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how should I upload my pc saved files to my macmini with paralle desk top 7 running windows 8 consumer preview
Worst... Win 8
2nd worst Mountain Lion/10.8.x
3rd worst Lion 10.7.x
4th worst Windows ME.
5th worst, geez, I'm not sure!
As far as Windows goes, I think more things have gone backwards since XP, W7 improving on Vista, but...
As far as OSX goes, more steps backwards than forwards since Tiger/10.4.11
Even Linux is going backwards now... & it wasn't always that easy to start with, it's outdone it's usefullness trying to incorporate the worst features of Windows &
OSX!
I totally agree on the Backup thing, but which exact 3 TB are you thinking of, many are worthless & unreliable???
And BTW, I think Time Machine is the worst backup solution ever invented, but if you have trouble using a TV Remote, it's better than a swift kick in the pants! -
I also have other acc files that are now gone. But my music plays in itunes. Anyone know how to get the files back?
i solved my problem.all my music is in a folder in the itunes folder called music. Really strange but at least i know where my music is now.
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So my MacBook Pro collapsed one day, and it turns on but only "Restarts" and shuts itself down on the procesa. The only thing I have access to is that 'Command + R' thing. There I tried "Verifying" and "Reparing" the Diak but the message of "Cant repair disk backup as many files as possible, reformat the disk and restore" popped up. So I have am external hard drive with more than enough space to put all of my files in there. my question is: HOW DO I DO THAT? from disk utility. Can somone please help me? Please! Step by step cause ptherwise I will mess it up and I really dont want to lose all the memories I have in my computer.
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That will create a clone of the internal and that will be a bootable clone. -
I use my external hard drive to store all of my music, but now I can't save anything on it with my new Mac. Is there a way that I can reformat it or something without losing everything I already have on there?
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Once you've done that - then copy all the files back to your external drive.
Do not format your external drive if you haven't copied whats in your external drive. You'll lose everything. -
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http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/24481/ntfs-3g
If you want to use the drive exclusively with your Mac then move the data off it and reformat it in Disk Utility (Applications - Utilities - Disk Utilities) as Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) -
I am running my first backup on Time Machine using a Seagate external hard drive with a thunderbolt adapter and cable. I have a MacBook Pro 2011. It is backing up 11GB, and is telling me it will take approx two days. Is this normal?
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http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1599
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