Lacie Rugged Harddrive on OSX 10.4

Is it possible to mount a lacie rugged drive on a powerbook g4 running OSX 10.4? It's not showing up in disk utility, but everything mounts fine on my imac running 10.7

Are you sure the USB port has enough power?
As I said my old LaCie needs to use its own mains adapter on USB but will run without it on FireWire.

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Recently purchased a Lacie Rugged Harddrive yet im struggling to move data from my macpro to the harddrive anybody know where im going wrong?

After purchasing a lacie drive Im struggling to move data and drop it onto my rugged external harddrive........................infact it wont do it atall?? is there a way of formatting the drive on my mac so it works or is the external hardrive not so rugged afterall??

Heollo there, first of all plug the disk to a free working port on your Mac (I suppose it's USB2). Then, check if it mounts on the desktop. If not, launch Disk Utility: on the left, you should see the external drive along the startup disk.
Careful! There is a device tree for each disk! Top: device. Lower: formatted volume.
You select the top disk icon and select "Partition". Reformat the disk as GUID partition scheme. As a disk format, go for "Mac OS Extented (Journaled)". Let the Mac erase the drive and - at last - it should mount on the desktop.
If the Mac does not let you erase the disk, or should you not be able to even see the device, launch System Information and check that the disk is being seen by Mac OS X (under USB or FireWire, depending on how you plugged the disk).
Let us know how it goes.

Firewire HD LaCie Rugged 1Gb unmountable on Lion OSX

Hello there,
I have a LaCie Rugged 1Gb firewire HD unmountable on my mac mini intel ( YM9032RA19Y ) with Lion OSX 10.7.5.
The same disk is ok with my last macbookpro retina with Mountain Lion and it works perfectly.
I tested mac mini firewire interface with another LaCie firewire and it works! and I plugged the rugged disk cascading to the bigger one.
I checked on /Volumes/ whether the rugged disk is visible or not: no way. I heard it's running but the OSX doesn't recognize it.
Are there others things I can do? I wanna keep my OSX Lion because I have a backup to restore from the rugged disk.
Thanks in advance for any help and suggestion

Hmmm, I have an iMac that won't boot from a couple of FW800 drives, but one does boot fusing USB2, the other boots using FW400!?
ok. I'll simply report what's happening here:
a- mac mini (YM9032RA19Y early 2009) OSX Lion doesn't mount directly my LaCie Rugged FW 800 directly but with USB 2 it does.
b- LaCie Rugged works fine with my mbp OSX Mountain Lion via FW800->thunderbolt adaptor
c- mac mini with another LaCie FW800 with Rugged cascading doesn't work - but it does with FW400 while the first normal LaCie HD is mounted FW800 by mac mini
It's another issue but mac mini Superdrive (PIONEER DVD-RW DVRTS08) doesn't read any old cd/dvd burnt (>2002) by a pc, any original cd audio, any original dvd
I guess it's wise to buy an external cd/dvd drive for my mbp and mac mini.
I've read some forum around it seems OSX Lion is the cause of this cd/dvd drive problem.

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.

Hello, I have two questions on time capsule I can only have it on my external hd files and free up my internal memory to my mac I can use an external hard drive, in my case a lacie rugged as shared memory for my two computers

Hello, I have two questions on time capsule I can only have it on my external hd files and free up my internal memory to my mac I can use an external hard drive, in my case a lacie rugged as shared memory for my two computers

I have a mackbook pro and an iMac if I buy a time capsule 2tb airport, I can use it with time machine and what would be the best way to use it.
There is no particular setup required for TM.. both computers will create their own backup sparsebundle which is like a virtual disk.. Pondini explains the whole thing if you read the reference I gave you.
and how to use time capsule airport whit other external hd to use my old lacie airport with the new time capsule
Up to you.. you can plug the external drive into the TC and enjoy really slow file transfers or you can plug it into your computer and use it as external drive.. which is faster than the TC.. and TM can include it in the backup.
Again everything is explained in the reference.. you are not reading it.

I Have A New Lacie Rugged 320 GB - Do I Partition The Drive?

I have a new Lacie Rugged 320GB (along with my other two Lacie external hard drives), and have
a few questions about setting this one up for what I want to do.
1. I want make a partition to save a complete eMac Hard Drive on the new
Lacie Rugged 320 for a master back-up (Tiger 10.4.11 Back-Up) This will be Mac OS Extended
2. I want to make a second partition for a future Macbook Pro Hard Drive
on the new LaCie rugged 320GB Drive (OS10.6 or later Back-Up) This will be Mac OS Extended
3. I want to make a "free space" partition for a master iTune Folder Back-Up
on the Lacie Rugged 320 GB Drive .... and to provide additional "free space"
for future important file back-ups. This will be Mac OS Extended
4. I want to add a fourth partition for a possible windows back-up. Not sure what this should be
formatted in.
Is it reasonable to section this drive off into four partitions? I would like to have a master back-up, that I could use to reboot an eMac in an emergency .... or to first use when loading my new Macbook Pro.
Secondly, I would like to back-up the Macbook Pro, so I will have a second start up drive
it it should ever be needed.
Then I would like to have an "open free space" partition where I could put immediate stuff
on and off the drive for back-up purposes (iTunes library folder, etc.).
Last, I THINK I should have a separate partition for a windows system back-up that will
be running on the Macbook Pro ... although I'm not sure which Windows/PC formatting would be
best for doing this. Or if this would even make good sense?
Any suggestions on partitoning the new Lacie Rugged 320GB will be appreciated.
Thanks

Thanks for clarifying, although I find someone coming here for advice and posting Give it a break, a bit snarky.
That said, here's my standard advice WRT upgrading:
Get a bootable, external HD (preferably FireWire, since it's 40-50% faster than USB 2 and designed for data transfers), make a bootable backup/clone before updating/upgrading, and ensure that it's bootable and works like the original. That allows you to revert to the previous good state without having to reinstall or reset anything. See these for details:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106941
http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/installswupdates.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/backuprecovery.html

New Lacie Rugged Thunderbolt External Drive won't mount on Macbook Pro 8,1

I've searched, and am coming up empty handed. Any help would be appreciated.
So I own a late 2011 Macbook Pro 8,1. that's running version 10.9.5.
I bought a brand new Lacie Rugged Thunderbolt External HD that won't mount via Thunderbolt, though it works fine with the USB. Any ideas as to why the Thunderbolt connection isn't working?

Silly question, but - did the drive come with a Thunderbolt cable or did you purchase one with the drive?
Call back...
Clinton
MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), OS X Mavericks 10.9.5, 16GB Crucial RAM, Crucial M500 960GB SSD, 27” Apple Thunderbolt Display

How do I retrieve my imovies or idvds from the Lacie external harddrive.?

Hi,
My Lacie External hard drives have been saving away for years, but only now that my computer has run out of space am I wondering how to retrieve the files saved on the Lacie HDD.
I am unable to make any more imovies as I have no space, so I have started deleting imovies on the macintosh HD but am very nervous about losing them.
How do I retrieve my home movies which I have made on imovie and idvd after they have been deleted from imovie but are saved to the Lacie external harddrive?
Some of the files saved to the Lacie HDD are .m4v files or DVDproj files.
Is it through itunes, imovie or by clicking on the file - Some open and I can view the movie and some don't?
When I click on some files it says "File not writable",
When I clicked on the iDVDapp file, the message said "There is not enough room on Macintosh HD to copy all of the requested files. itunes will copy as many files as possible".
While viewing the files on the Lacie HDD, do they automatically save back onto the macintosh HD causing the macintosh HD to run out of space again?
When I open Lacie and go into imovie, the Lacie logo appears at the bottom of the project library but it does not display the saved movies and I can't click on it so what does this screen mean?
Thanks.

Sorry I am unclear where the backup is located.. On a time capsule??
Recovery of iphoto library you need to use pondini.
Q15 here. http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
He has a separate page for iphoto.

My Lacie Rugged Keeps Ejecting Firewire

My Lacie keeps ejecting it's self.
I'm on a mac book pro. (Latest Update)
Firewire 800
Lacie Rugged.
Worried I will lose all my work.

Lacie doesnt make it, the drives inside LACIE are Seagates.
Your data isnt lost, NOR your drive corrupted,........if the below doesnt fix it, you CAN crack up the box, and remove the HD and stick it into the ONLY RELIABLE HD connection that exists, that being a HD dock , get a USPEED theyre the best.
3.5" drives have a power issue (sometimes) thru firewire, they use more power than do 2.5" laptop external HD. 3.5" is a bit of a hog (depending on mfg) on power demands for spinning up and use. .........Ive almost entire steered away from ANY 3.5" unless it has its own power cord.
Ive got nearly 100 Hard drives, Ive see this more than a few times. the only 100% reliable connector for external drives is (most often) a 2.5" drive thru USB , or MOST reliable, a HD docking station. But a LOT of HD docks are junk get a good one, ...again, the best is USPEED
http://www.amazon.com/Uspeed-External-Docking-Station-Chipsets/dp/B005UA3I72/ref =sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372930214&sr=8-1&keywords=uspeed+dock
software program from the Seagate website that is designed to stop the auto-eject feature. Once that was installed the problem was gone. One drive is connected via Firewire 800, the other two are just plain vanilla USB connections.Go to this page and read about half way down. http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207851&NewLan g=en

Airport Extreme and a Lacie Rugged - match made in ****?

After giving up with a time machine I have purchased an Airport Extreme. I have my itunes library on a Lacie Rugged drive attached to an Airport Extreme.
The drive is one of my login items. Recently it has failed to connect on launch but when I go to airport utlity the extreme light is green. i can also access the drive fine through finder. I changed the name and maybe didnt change it on the login item list- could this be a problem? (have since re-added it following name change from robbie's airport to simply 'airport')
Is it a problem with the Lacie in terms of going to sleep or not having enough power? If so then I will simply buy a new nas and attach it instead. Im using it for sonos, hence why my music is on an external drive.
any hints recommendations gratefully received. thanks

So if I connected the hub to the airport extreme with the lacie plugged into the hub?
Not tried this yet. Have got an app from the store which automatically mounts the drive. Just worried if the mac is left off for a long time and the drive is inactive will it go to sleep and wont automatically be woken up?
Im trying to find a long term solution.

I've just updated my Macbook to Mavericks and all my .avi files storaged in a Lacie Rugged aren't opening but converting one by one I opened; are they not compatible?. Is there a way to converting all of them simultaneously and faster? Thanks a lot guys

I've just updated my Macbook to Mavericks and all my .avi files storaged in a Lacie Rugged aren't opening but converting one by one I opened; are they not compatible?. Is there a way to converting all of them simultaneously and faster? Thanks a lot guys

Have you tried using VLC media player it seems to play almost any codec without converting.
https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/5758/vlc-media-player

LaCie Rugged 1TB freezes in OS X and other issues

Macbook Pro Retina (Mid 2012)
Processor 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB
OS X 10.8.2 (12C3006)
I purchased a LaCie Rugged 1TB portable drive today that supports thunderbolt and USB 3.0. I performed the initial formating of the drive in parallels virtualized Windows 7 with the entire drive being shared for both OS X and Windows usage. In both operating systems, if I try to access the default software folders that are on the drive from the manufacturer, (LaCie Setup and Private-Public) the system hangs and requires a hard boot. OS X timestamp just shows the time hung from the moment I clicked on a folder. This has happened after restarts, power-offs on all ports for both USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt.
When it is functional, the date transfer speeds are extremely slow (I was notified during formating that a shared format would mean the maximum speed for transfers would be 4TB/sec) but moving a 29.34GB iPhoto library in OS X to the drive did the following transfer metrics:
2 minutes into the transfer only 199.2MB was transfered
6 minutes into the transfer 11.78GB was transfered
11 minutes into the transfer 26.99GB was transfered
14 minutes 28 seconds into the transfer 29.34GB was transfered (completed)
This is 33.8 MB/sec average.
USB Report
USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Bus:
Host Controller Location:          Built-in USB
Host Controller Driver:          AppleUSBXHCI
PCI Device ID:          0x1e31
PCI Revision ID:          0x0004
PCI Vendor ID:          0x8086
Bus Number:          0x14
Rugged USB3 THB:
Product ID:          0x1062
Vendor ID:          0x059f (LaCie)
Version:           0.01
Serial Number:          0000000005528f061090
Speed:          Up to 5 Gb/sec
Manufacturer:          LaCie
Location ID:          0x14900000 / 2
Current Available (mA):          900
Current Required (mA):          224
Capacity:          1 TB (1,000,204,886,016 bytes)
Removable Media:          Yes
Detachable Drive:          Yes
BSD Name:          disk1
Partition Map Type:          MBR (Master Boot Record)
S.M.A.R.T. status:          Not Supported
Volumes:
LACIE SHARE:
Capacity:          1 TB (1,000,202,043,392 bytes)
Available:          935.04 GB (935,043,497,984 bytes)
Writable:          Yes
File System:          MS-DOS FAT32
BSD Name:          disk1s1
Mount Point:          /Volumes/LACIE SHARE
Content:          Windows_FAT_32
Thunderbolt Bus:
Vendor Name:          Apple Inc.
Device Name:          MacBook Pro
UID:          0x0001000D13C073A0
Firmware Version:          11.1
Port:
Status:          No device connected
Link Status:          0x101
Link Controller Firmware Version:          0.11.4
Port:
Status:          No device connected
Link Status:          0x101
Link Controller Firmware Version:          0.11.4
Does anyone have any idea if there is a software problem, or other problem? I think I'll have to return the drive and / or have the macbook looked at because something appears to be wrong.

I just remembered something. Check the permission on the Adobe preference files in your Home
directory (~/Library/Preferences). At some point in time (after the 10.6.2 update) my user ownership
Adobe prefs. got changed to "root". I had to manually change ownership back to my User name
(account). It wasn't just Adobe prefs., some other prefs. were affected as well. I don't know if that
is the problem causing your issues, but it may something be worth checking out.
Kj ♘

Firewire 800 port on new MBP not mounting Lacie rugged 500GB drive

Hi all
I've just purchased the new MBP 17" and my Lacie Rugged 500GB drive will not mount.
It will mount over USB though.
I've tried three different FW800 cables and no result.
There are some posts around 10.5.7 update issues, but I've tried everything listed and no dice.
Any help would be appreciated.

I had a Western Digital My Passport Studio model like that. It has nothing to do with cables or your laptop. It has to do with manufacturers who fail to adhere to the proper power standards for the interface. Basically, if the drive demands more power then the port will give, it is never going to work.
I returned my WD to Apple for a refund, and instead tried a SeaGate FreeAgent Go firewire 800 drive. It has worked flawlessly over Firewire on my MacBook Pro, and it even came with both a Fire 800 cable, a firewire 800-to-400 cable, a USB cable, and a special USB power cable so you could draw additional power off the USB ports if a firewire 800 port wasn't putting out sufficient power. That's why I bought it - figured one way or another it had to be able to work on bus power (even if it had taken both the firewire and USB bus in combo to do it).
Another option I've had good luck with in the past is OWC Mercury on the Go drives (eshop.macsales.com). These have always worked fine on bus power for me, but they also have an optional external power supply too, just in case.

Lacie Rugged external drive will not show up after Yosemite update.

Lacie Rugged external drive will not show up after Yosemite update. It show up in disc utility I can't access it.

I have the exact same issue. Have you had any luck with a solution?

LaCie Rugged Hard Disk stopped backing up

I have been backing up my Mac on a LaCie Rugged for a couple of years. I got so used to it working that I stopped checking to make sure it was backing up, and today I found out that my Mac has not been backed up for 105 days. When I opened Time Machine preferences to make sure the LaCie was selected as the backup disk, it doesn't even show up. In fact, Time Machine only gives me the choice of backing up over AirPlay, which I have never used. Here's my questions:
Do I even need to go through Time Machine, or can I just use the LaCie setup assistant to schedule the backups?
What do I do to get it to start working again?

I was thinking of that very failure a few minutes ago ...
Finder > Applicaions > Utilitites > Disk Utility
Also follow https://discussions.apple.com/message/16249731#16249731to find another thread where "Stress Test" attached a pretty picture ...
This is easy enough to to, but ALWAYS remeber that until "Apply" is pressed, the RED bubble in the window will cancel the disk changes.
Walk through it slowly as you need, but save "Apply" until you are comfortable.
When you have accomplished that, re-post and "PowerPC" explanation wlll be provided.

Lacie Rugged Harddrive on OSX 10.4

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