Moving files from desktop to hard drive?
Just installed Mavericks. When I try to move a file from the desktop to the hard drive I am told that the move requires an administrator name and password. "To move file click Authenticate" How can I stop that?
The root of the HD is also owned by the system. If you really want to put files there make a folder as an admin user & then change the ownership & group permissions so the other users can access it.
The /Users/Shared folder is really where stuff that is accessible to everyone belongs. Keeping your files within your home also helps with any backups or migrations in the future.
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I have moved old Back Up files from my external hard drive to the trash and as the Trash previews the files, i.e. counts them (over 850,000 files) it then begins to delete but then stops. Is it possible to move the files out of the Trash file and then only delete a small amount at one time?
See
Deleting backups via the Finder on Lion 10.7.x or later:
http://pondini.org/TM/12.html
Hold option (alt) while emptying the Trash.
See also
http://pondini.org/TM/E6.html
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Is there a possibility to recover erased files from an external hard drive that was reformatted by the Time Machine?
Basics of File Recovery
Files in Trash
If you simply put files in the Trash you can restore them by opening the Trash (left-click on the Trash icon) and drag the files from the Trash to your Desktop or other desired location. OS X also provides a short-cut to undo the last item moved to the Trash -press COMMAND-Z.
If you empty the Trash the files are gone. If a program does an immediate delete rather than moving files to the Trash, then the files are gone. Recovery is possible but you must not allow any additional writes to the hard drive - shut it down. When files are deleted only the directory entries, not the files themselves, is modified. The space occupied by the files has been returned to the system as available for storage, but the files are still on the drive. Writing to the drive will then eventually overwrite the space once occupied by the deleted files in which case the files are lost permanently. Also if you save a file over an existing file of the same name, then the old file is overwritten and cannot be recovered.
General File Recovery
If you stop using the drive it's possible to recover deleted files that have not been overwritten by using recovery software such as Data Rescue II, File Salvage or TechTool Pro. Each of the preceding come on bootable CDs to enable usage without risk of writing more data to the hard drive. Two free alternatives are Disk Drill and TestDisk. Look for them and demos at MacUpdate or CNET Downloads.
The longer the hard drive remains in use and data are written to it, the greater the risk your deleted files will be overwritten.
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I can't copy iTunes media files from one external hard drive to another.
Hi, I am running the latest iTunes and Mavericks software on my MacBook Pro. My iTunes library is stored on an external Seagate 2tb hard drive and it is almost full. I want to transfer the files to a WD Elements 3tb external hard drive and have made that new volume the destination folder for my iTunes library. However, even though I have enabled read/write on both volumes and made the iTunes media folders on both shared folders, I can't copy all the files from the Seagate drive to the WD drive. It comes up with an error message that says "The operation can't be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8058)". I can transfer files from my MacBook hard drive to the new volume, but can't copy files from the old Seagate volume to my MacBook hard drive; it makes the "boing" sound that indicates it is copying but nothing transfers. Files that won't copy include all music files, some video files and all podcast files. Some transferred with no problem. Any ideas out there?
Hi Limnos, thanks very much for your reply.
both external drives came preformatted for Windows but I erased each and reformatted them for Mac before using them.
i made the destination folder on the new WD drive the new iTunes folder using Advanced preferences in iTunes.
my original iTunes folder on the first drive contained all my iTunes files, as that, also, was the destination folder that was linked via Advanced preferences.
If I download new content now with the new drive attached, iTunes has no trouble finding where to place the files.
in Preferences I have both boxes checked (copy files" and "organize") that deal with copying iTunes files.
When I first attempted to copy all iTunes files from one media folder to the other on the external drives, I just did a drag and drop of the whole iTunes media folder from one to the other while both were mounted on my desktop. It started copying immediately with no problems, but as it progressed it started skipping files, each time displaying the error message I reported earlier. that included my entire Music folder. When I open, for example, a season folder that contains files that would not copy, eg, Modern Family Season 5, the episodes that won't copy are there and visible but any attempt to drag and drop them into the correct folder on the new drive results in the error message. There is no pattern to it; it will choose some episodes from some seasons but not others, and no music at all.
when I look at the "missing" files in iTunes they have the small exclamation mark that indicates the file is missing, but when I locate it through iTunes it doesn't copy the file on the old external drive to the new one. It just plays it having found the file on the old drive.
originally I had to make the iTunes folder on the old drive into a shared folder using the Get info window after either a software upgrade or an OS upgrade (I can't remember which, it was several years ago). For some reason the upgrade changed the preferences of that folder to a Read Only folder and after researching the problem found the only way to keep using the drive was to make the folder a shared one. I can't remember why and I apologise for that but it was a long time ago.; I can tell you that at the time it was necessary.
thanks again for your time; I have a good working knowledge of iTunes and Macs in general so I truly believe I have done everything according to how it should be done,, but clearly I've done something wrong! -
How to load files from old external hard drive to new PC
Copied files from old PC (Windows XP) to external hard drive. Purchased new PC (Windows 7). Paid technicians to transfer files from old PC to new PC. Some files were lost in the process.
Please walk me through (step by step) on how to load spicific files from an external hard drive onto my new PC.
Thanx, rp1Click anywhere on the open desktop so that the Finder menus are displayed at the top of the screen.
Click Go > Network
Double click the Time Capsule icon, then double click the icon representing the drive to mount it on the Mac's desktop. It is named "Data" unless you have changed it
You can drag/drop files to the "Data" icon on the desktop
235 GB is going to take forever if you try to do this using wireless. If at all possible, connect an Ethernet cable from your Mac to one of the LAN <-> ports on the Time Capsule.
Even using Ethernet, you are probably looking at 10-12 hours for the file transfer. All bets are off with wireless only, but a guess would be several days....or even more. -
How do i copy my files from my external hard drive onto my imac
how do i copy my files from my external hard drive onto my imac
You should be able to 'migrate them' without having to do so during a reinstall, from an external drive. In some cases, you may be able to use TimeMachine software even if the drive had not been used as a backup.
The usual way, though, is to drag & drop copy from one to another (volume or folder) you created in there and have open. Or drag an item on top of the icon of a hard disk drive when it is mounted on the desktop. I'm used to working with open folders and windows, because that works best; and then see if I want to change how things look inside their destination. This helps should I later want to burn them to a DVD and have it correct. And I want to know where they are.
I had more links to some information about importing or migrating data into a Mac from an external, a week ago, but can't find them now. A few good links to pages, but I think I posted what I did find directly to answer someones question about it; and believe the info was in an Apple Support article about TimeMachine, near the lower part of the page with blue words with a disclosure triangle, so you could read more in that page. But I don't believe these two are correct in that TimeMachine (some versions) only allow wireless backup to a drive in a base station unit such as Apple sells, for this. The link I saw simply said how to work around not using the wireless stuff. Maybe it was a dated item, not in these?
See a main general portal to TimeMachine support,
here: http://www.apple.com/support/timemachine/
Or basics that may not provide optional copy methods:
Mac Basics - Time Machine backs up your mac:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427
Perhaps a search of Apple Support database (or even ASC discussions?) would yield ideas, and perhaps find what may work for the kind of files you want to copy, and where they can be found & used later. Are the files for specific applications? Or images, music, etc?
Good luck & happy computing!
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Can I save my files from a failing hard drive?
Sorry if this is kind of long. I booted up the system off the Mac OS X disc after getting startup errors. I ran the Disk Utility and it could not verify or repair the hard disk. S.M.A.R.T. status reads "failing" in red. My best guess it that the hard drive is on it's way out. Tried to save my files by making and image file of the hard disk and putting it on an external drive, but I got an error and it wouldn't save. Put the system in Target Disk mode and tried to access the files from another Mac connected via FireWire, but it wouldn't mount on the second Mac's desktop. I checked Disk Utility and it was creating multiple images of the first Mac's hard disk and failed to mount. Is there any other way to retrieve the files from the failing hard drive? I'd appreciate any assistance on this.
Maybe, but at this stage, I'd boot from a data recovery tool, such as those listed on my FAQ*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html#RECOVER
If none of those work, you may want to consider a data recovery service, depending on the value of the said files.
Moral of the story, always backup your data*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
It is not a question of if data will be lost, but when. -
How to transfer big files from imac to hard drive
haveing diffulty of copying file from Imac to Hard drives. is there any free app which i can download and help me with my problem.
To show HD on desktop
go into FINDER at top then PREFERENCES then GENERAL tab
then check "hard disks" and "external disks"
after that drag and drop files as you need to. You dont need an application for same. -
Safe to delete file from Time Machine hard drive?
Is it safe to delete a file from an external hard drive that's being used for Time Machine backups? The file is not a backup -- it's a .dmg from the manufacturer of the hard drive. Other than that one file, I don't use the drive for anything other than Time Machine.
I'm just concerned because I don't want deleting the file to affect Time Machine in any way.
Thank you.I have done it without issue.
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What is the exact name of the cable I need to connect my old hard drive from my macbook pro, which has been removed from the computer, to my new macbook pro? I need to transfere files from the old hard drive to the new computer.
No eSATA to USB. Just a SATA/IDE to USB adapter. Google SATA/IDE to USB adapter and you will get tons of links to buy them. Most likely your local computer electronics store has them, although they might be more expensive buying locally than online.
I have several. You can get either USB 2, which what I recommend, or USB 3. USB is backward compatible so a USB 3 adapter will work on a USB 2 port and a USB 2 adapter will work on a USB 3 port. Backward compatible in both directions.
I suggest a USB 2 type because there have been some problems with certain USB 3 devices, the USB 3 interface used isn't all that good in those certain devices. USB 3 is still fairly new where as USB 2 has been around for over 10 years.
synghem wrote:
Thank you LowLuster,
At the apple store they said I needed an esata to usb wire. But looking at wires on line has been confusing. Is sata the same as esata? How do I know if I need a usb 3 or usb 2? -
How to upload file from desktop or C drive and send as attachments
Hello Experts,
Please tell me
How to upload jpg or gif or drawing files from desktop or any drive and store into R/3 by the same time I have to send mail as a attachment.
I heard that FM
SO_NEW_DOCUMENT_ATT_SEND_API1 is only to send as a attachment what ever the data is present in the internal table only.
please help me on that.I m using this code its having attachment but I m not able to open the file. Please help me
I m using gui_upload to upload the file
PROGRAM ZTEST
no standard page heading line-size 255.
DATA: xfile TYPE string.
data : t_IW51 LIKE SOLISTI1 OCCURS 10 WITH HEADER LINE.
DATA: OBJPACK LIKE SOPCKLSTI1 OCCURS 2 WITH HEADER LINE.
DATA: OBJHEAD LIKE SOLISTI1 OCCURS 1 WITH HEADER LINE.
DATA: OBJBIN LIKE SOLISTI1 OCCURS 10 WITH HEADER LINE.
DATA: OBJTXT LIKE SOLISTI1 OCCURS 10 WITH HEADER LINE.
DATA: RECLIST LIKE SOMLRECI1 OCCURS 5 WITH HEADER LINE.
DATA: DOC_CHNG LIKE SODOCCHGI1.
DATA: TAB_LINES LIKE SY-TABIX.
data : email type table of BAPIADSMTP.
PARAMETERS : file LIKE rlgrap-filename OBLIGATORY.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR file.
CLEAR file.
CALL FUNCTION 'F4_FILENAME'
IMPORTING
file_name = file.
xfile = file.
START-OF-SELECTION.
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_UPLOAD'
EXPORTING
filename = xfile
filetype = 'ASC'
has_field_separator = 'X'
TABLES
data_tab = t_IW51.
Creation of the document to be sent
File Name
DOC_CHNG-OBJ_NAME = 'SENDFILE'.
Mail Subject
DOC_CHNG-OBJ_DESCR = 'Send External Mail'.
Mail Contents
OBJTXT = 'Minimum bid : $250000'.
APPEND OBJTXT.
OBJTXT = 'A representation of the pictures up for auction'.
APPEND OBJTXT.
OBJTXT = 'was included as attachment.'.
APPEND OBJTXT.
DESCRIBE TABLE OBJTXT LINES TAB_LINES.
READ TABLE OBJTXT INDEX TAB_LINES.
DOC_CHNG-DOC_SIZE = ( TAB_LINES - 1 ) * 255 + STRLEN( OBJTXT ).
Creation of the entry for the compressed document
CLEAR OBJPACK-TRANSF_BIN.
OBJPACK-HEAD_START = 1.
OBJPACK-HEAD_NUM = 0.
OBJPACK-BODY_START = 1.
OBJPACK-BODY_NUM = TAB_LINES.
OBJPACK-DOC_TYPE = 'RAW'.
APPEND OBJPACK.
Creation of the document attachment
(Assume that the data in OBJBIN is in BMP format)
*OBJBIN = ' \O/ '. APPEND OBJBIN.
*OBJBIN = ' | '. APPEND OBJBIN.
*OBJBIN = ' / \ '. APPEND OBJBIN.
OBJBIN[] = t_IW51[].
DESCRIBE TABLE OBJBIN LINES TAB_LINES.
OBJHEAD = 'PICTURE.PDF'.
APPEND OBJHEAD.
OBJBIN[] = t_IW51[].
Creation of the entry for the compressed attachment
OBJPACK-TRANSF_BIN = 'X'.
OBJPACK-HEAD_START = 1.
OBJPACK-HEAD_NUM = 1.
OBJPACK-BODY_START = 1.
OBJPACK-BODY_NUM = TAB_LINES.
OBJPACK-DOC_TYPE = 'PDF'.
OBJPACK-OBJ_NAME = 'PICTURE'.
OBJPACK-OBJ_DESCR = 'Representation of object 138'.
OBJPACK-DOC_SIZE = TAB_LINES * 255.
APPEND OBJPACK.
Completing the recipient list
RECLIST-RECEIVER = 'email_id have to enter here'.
RECLIST-REC_TYPE = 'U'.
APPEND RECLIST.
RECLIST-RECEIVER = 'ENTEG01'.
RECLIST-REC_TYPE = 'P'.
APPEND RECLIST.
Sending the document
CALL FUNCTION 'SO_NEW_DOCUMENT_ATT_SEND_API1'
EXPORTING
DOCUMENT_DATA = DOC_CHNG
PUT_IN_OUTBOX = 'X'
commit_work = 'X'
TABLES
PACKING_LIST = OBJPACK
OBJECT_HEADER = OBJHEAD
CONTENTS_BIN = OBJBIN
CONTENTS_TXT = OBJTXT
RECEIVERS = RECLIST
*EXCEPTIONS
TOO_MANY_RECEIVERS = 1
DOCUMENT_NOT_SENT = 2
OPERATION_NO_AUTHORIZATION = 4
*OTHERS = 99.
CASE SY-SUBRC.
WHEN 0.
WRITE: / 'Result of the send process:'.
LOOP AT RECLIST.
WRITE: / RECLIST-RECEIVER(48), ':'.
IF RECLIST-RETRN_CODE = 0.
WRITE 'The document was sent'.
ELSE.
WRITE 'The document could not be sent'.
ENDIF.
ENDLOOP.
WHEN 1.
WRITE: / 'No authorization for sending to the specified number',
'of recipients'.
WHEN 2.
WRITE: / 'Document could not be sent to any recipient'.
WHEN 4.
WRITE: / 'No send authorization'.
WHEN OTHERS.
WRITE: / 'Error occurred while sending'.
ENDCASE. -
I have an iMac purchased in May 2011. OSX Lion 10.7.3. I deleted backup file from the external hard drive which operates from Time Machine.
Now, the trash can will not empty some of the files deleted from the backup harddrive.
The trash contains-- File folder: "Core Services" which contains a locked file: "boot.efi".
It will not delete.
How do I get the trash can empty of these files?Yes, the Old Master file has a folder for each year where I find all photos from that specific year. I am attaching a screen shot of the file.
In the meantime i have managed to download all photos (it did not download any video files though in mpg, avi, 3gp, m4v,mp4 and mov format) to a new iphoto library. Unfortunately the photos are quite mixed and often doubled up. I ma considering to purchase iphoto library which checks all duplicates in iphoto. this will save me a lot of time. What do you think? -
Delete the file from the external hard drive
deleted adobe reader 10, delete the file from the external hard drive. how to restore
What is your operating system & version?
How did you "delete" Adobe Reader?
What "file" did you delete?
What do you want to restore? -
I have a time machine backup file on a USB hard drive. I bought a time capsule / airport extreme, flat 3TB. I wish to transfer the backup file from the usb hard drive to the time capsule hard drive. 10.6.8
Unfortunately, Time Machine backups that are stored on a drive that has been connected directly to a Mac are completely different than Time Machine backups that are stored on a Time Capsule.
Frankly, it is not worth the effort and trouble to try to transfer the old backups to the new Time Capsule.....my opinion....having done this in the past.
It is possible though, but I would not recommend it due to the complexity and downsides involved with this. To give you an idea of how to do this, check out this support article.
http://pondini.org/TM/18.html
Even if you transfer the "old" backups over to the Time Capsule successfully, Time Machine will not simply "add on" to the old backups.
Time Machine will make a new complete backup of your Mac and then add incremental backups from that point.
My advice.....start a new backup on the Time Capsule and move forward. Keep the USB hard drive around for a month, maybe 2 or 3 in case you need to go back to an old backup for some reason. At that time, you will not likely need the old backups at all since you will have a current 2-3 month history of new backups. At that point, you can erase the USB drive and use it for another purpose. -
if you delete a large file from the mac hard drive does it also delete it from time machine on the external hard drive ?
As the others say, no, the backup copy won't be deleted immediately, but it will eventually.
If you want to delete all backups of a selected item, such as for space or security reasons, see #12 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions.
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