My external hard drive is suddenly locked. It doesn't unlock through 'get information' as I'm restricted to read only.

The drive has malfunctioned and corrupted itself. If that has ever happened before, or if it ever happens again, replace the drive. You may want to consider replacing it anyway for the safety of your data.
If you choose to keep using the problem drive, launch Disk Utility, select the volume, and run Repair Disk. If the volume can't be repaired, you'll have to erase it and start over. Don't do that unless you have at least two complete backups.

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Type move itunes library into the google serach bar.
It has always been very basic to always maintain abackup copy of your computer. Do you not have a backup copy?

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As I said, I don't use Time Machine, so it'd be best to wait for an "expert" answer, but, with my very limited knowledge, I'd say: probably not - so, for now, I'd suggest you read up on Time Machine:
http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Home.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&src=support_site.home.search&local e=en_US&q=time%20machine
And, you might be attracting more knowledgeable answers if you were to post this question in the Time Machine Forum (part of the Snow Leopard forums).

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See this post from forum regular Zevoneer for options on moving your iPod data back to your computer.
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This article has a link for more information on finding your profile directory: [[Fix the "Could not initialize the application's security component" error message]]. On Windows 7, you can try this (either in a Windows Explorer window address bar or from the start menu search box):
%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
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JLCruz wrote:
I deleted my back up files from my external hard drive ...
If this is related to Time Machine Backups...
See here > Should I delete old backups? If so, How?
From Here > http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
If the TRASH still won’t Empty...
See Here > http://pondini.org/TM/E6.html

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I use a MBP Retina (Mid 2012) with OSX 10.9.4. I left the MBP at Apple for repair and they changed the mother card and reformatted my HD (SSD). Since I had a backup on a WD My Passport external drive I was not too worried to restore. I had clicked the option "password protected" on TM and therefore the external HD was password protected. I also copied pasted many files on the same external hard drive, in case TM would fail one day to operate I thought that I would still have my files ...
But I was very surprised that when I plugged in my external HD into my MBP it didn't recognize it at all. The external HD did not appear on the screen anymore. Nor in Finder. It appeared in Disk Utility but it could not be mounted. Basically it was impossible to access my data. After a while and talking with Apple Support on the phone we could reach a point where a window appeared asking me the password for the access to the HD. Unfortunately it didn't work. The . password was not recognized. Even though we had selected the right country with the icon upper right on the screen to make sure that we used the correct keyboard.
So finally I reinstalled completely the OSX (coming rom Lion all the way to the last OSX) on the MBP and finally I could restore it with my TM. I spent three days on this since it only worked with one OSX - don't remember honestly which one - and not the last one. Don't know why.
Anyway.
Today I have my MPB working but I miss all the files that are still on my external HD because I cannot access to it anymore. As I said the recovery happened all of a sudden with TM with a former OSX and not the 10.9.4. With this current OSX my HD does not appear on the desktop nor on finder. Nothing. It is locked by TM and I cannot even key in the password to unlock it. Useless to say that I have the password.
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This might work. Courtesty of V.K.:
run the following terminal commands (copy and paste, please)
sudo chflags 0 /volumes/*
sudo chmod a+rx /volumes/*
you'll have to enter your admin password (which you won't see). that's normal. this should unlock your drives.

My external hard drive is suddenly not recognized.

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Ideally, I would like to save the files if possible. If not possible, I'm happy to reformat the disk but this is not possible at this time with the drive being unrecognized by any means I am aware of.
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Yes, exactly. It's very strange. I've never had this happen. Drives fail but then don't apear in the DiskUtility app. This drive is "there" but I cannot seem to preform any action on it. This is the type of response received (in Log) I get whenever I attempt any action:
Securely erasing data to prevent recovery failed.
2013-12-26 08:43:39 +0530: Erase complete.
2013-12-26 08:43:39 +0530:
2013-12-26 08:44:06 +0530:
          Name :           Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Media
          Type :           Disk
          Partition Map Scheme :           Unformatted
          Disk Identifier :           disk1
          Media Name :           Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Media
          Media Type :           Generic
          Connection Bus :           USB
          USB Serial Number :           NA0B3X6P
          Device Tree :           IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14
          Writable :           Yes
          Ejectable :           Yes
          Location :           External
          Total Capacity :           1.5 TB (1,500,301,909,504 Bytes)
          Disk Number :           1
          Partition Number :           0
          S.M.A.R.T. Status :           Not Supported
2013-12-26 08:44:43 +0530: Preparing to partition disk: “Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Media”
2013-12-26 08:44:43 +0530:           Partition Scheme: GUID Partition Table
2013-12-26 08:44:43 +0530:           1 partition will be created
2013-12-26 08:44:43 +0530:
2013-12-26 08:44:43 +0530:           Partition 1
2013-12-26 08:44:43 +0530:                     Name                    : “Untitled 1”
2013-12-26 08:44:43 +0530:                     Size                    : 1.5 TB
2013-12-26 08:44:43 +0530:                     File system          : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
2013-12-26 08:44:43 +0530:
2013-12-26 08:44:43 +0530: Unmounting disk
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External Hard Drive WD - suddenly "only read"

Hi guys,
My External Hard Drive, that does have enough free space and does work without problems on my PC, suddenly displays "only read" on the "show information" from File menu (btw, sorry for the expressions, my Mac is in spanish and I'm translating it in how I think it could be in english). So, I can't copy any new files on it. It happened from one day to another.
The other external hard drive I have does work well on the Mac.
I tried to follow the instructions from the Help menu, but didn't see any options for modifying the "permit" ("permisos" in spanish) from "only read" to "write and read" like I see on the other external memory.
Could somebody help me with this problem? Thanks a lot in advance!

Windows does not acknowledge the existence of Macs. A Mac formatted drive is not readable by a Windows machine.
I haven't tried this:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/systemdiskutilities/ntfs3g.html
But it looks good...

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Go ▹ Computer
from the menu bar. A window will open showing all mounted volumes. Select the one in question and open the Info window. What is shown as the Format in the General section?

My external hard drive has suddenly stopped working and the light's not flashing

Hello everyone.
I have an external hard drive that I've been using for the past year. It's a Porsche Design. No on/off button, just a light that flashes white when it's plugged in. The other day I found that the lead had been bent and the hard drive no longer worked when plugged in, so I bought another identical lead, brand new but the hard drive is simply not showing up. The light's not flashing, it's not showing up in my disk utility, it's nowhere.
Does anyone have any idea on what may be the problem and if there's a way of troubleshooting
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Tom

MBP = MacBook Pro.
The enclosure is the case in which an external HDD is mounted in. This is an example:
If you have access to another external HDD, take out the existing HDD, install the 'questionable' HDD and connect it to the MBP. If it does not show in Disk Utility, the HDD is dead. If it does show in disk utility, then there is a flaw in the connections (bad enclosure or cable).
Ciao.

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My external hard drive recently died and I do not have my music backed up. All 3,600 of my music tracks are on my iPod, but I am afraid to sync my iPod up to my computer and add anything new for fear that it will erase all of my iPod trackes because it can't find them on my computer.
What are my options? Is there a way to turn off auto-sync before it erases my tracks? Could I hook it up to another computer?
I thought that I've had lost tracks before (tracks with an exclamation point next to them in iTunes) and I DID NOT lose them off my iPod when syncing, but I'm afraid to take the chance. As a result, I'm a prisoner and unable to add new music to my iPod.

If your iPod is set to update automatically you need to take care connecting to an empty iTunes. You can use a keyboard command to prevent your iPod auto-syncing with iTunes. While connecting the iPod to the computer on Windows with iTunes 7.3 or later installed hold down the Shift + Ctrl keys together. This will stop the iPod from auto-syncing with iTunes and the iPod will appear in the source list. Wait until you are sure the iPod has mounted, and that it will not auto sync and then you can let the keys go. This may take between 20 to 30 seconds depending on your computer: iTunes - Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows
When your iPod appears in the iTunes source list change the update setting to manual, that way you can continue to use your iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing it. Also when using most of the utilities listed below your iPod needs to be enabled for disc use, changing to manual update will do this by default: Managing content manually on iPod
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Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
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TuneJack Windows Only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod2PC Windows Only
iDump Windows Only
SharePod Windows Only
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YamiPod Mac and Windows
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPodCopy Mac and Windows
iGadget Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iRepo Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Access Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
If you have any iTunes Music Store purchases the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. You'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer
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