Urgent- External Drives stuck in CUSTOM.

Our IT dept. is new to MACs and set up my new I mac wrong the first time. I've been re-installing everything but both my externals are locked and set as custom. When I try to change the permissions they just switch back. I'm trying to use "Terminal" and put in some prompts I've found elsewhere but amy having major problems. And as you may have guessed, all my projects I'm trying to get done are on those externals.
Help me Apple Discussion Forum, you are my only hope......

Does this info help at all?
Last login: Thu Oct 21 12:22:03 on ttys000
bjackson1:~ jcullars$ s -alO /Volumes
-bash: s: command not found
bjackson1:~ jcullars$ id
uid=1908681483(jcullars) gid=1895623320(CENTRAL\domain users) groups=1895623320(CENTRAL\domain users),1991651389(CENTRAL\rtxnet3-rally video - change),1936480256(CENTRAL\rttoday-field-beer taps survey),1934884462(CENTRAL\mobstream1-perend rpts - list),1901308706(CENTRAL\sharepoint - it_qa readers),1876868047(CENTRAL\rtfile1-cpo-hippa training - change),1721693928(CENTRAL\sharepoint - it_reporting services readers),1675294475(CENTRAL\mobstream1-ssdata - list),1581138269(CENTRAL\sharepoint - srg - readers),1417373620(CENTRAL\sharepoint - rttoday_hr readers),1277372027(CENTRAL\sharepoint - it_hrtech readers),1116545778(CENTRAL\sharepoint - it_product management readers),1075082774(CENTRAL\internet access),774475469(CENTRAL\rtfile1-it pub-heat reports - read),204(developer),100(_lpoperator),98(_lpadmin),81(_appserveradm),80(admin),79(appserverusr),62(netaccounts),12(everyone),636817490(CENTRAL\mobstream1-smartstr eam - list),402(com.apple.sharepoint.group.1),481330591(CENTRAL\sharepoint - it_operations readers),361680461(CENTRAL\mobstream1-payroll-geac65 - read),356859918(CENTRAL\sharepoint - quicklinks - support center),183345032(CENTRAL\social network site access),110461474(CENTRAL\rtfile1-culinary-culinary ruby's-recipe manual - change),100078304(CENTRAL\sharepoint - it_pos support readers),84178753(CENTRAL\sharepoint - rttoday - readers),2133062937(CENTRAL\chimera requester),2120152849(CENTRAL\training department),2090618581(CENTRAL\sharepoint - it_techsupport readers),1862202866(CENTRAL\sharepoint - it_infrastructure readers),1827992043(CENTRAL\rtfile1-communications - change),1783876047(CENTRAL\sharepoint - wowu readers),1757346010(CENTRAL\alweb01-inetpub-onlinehelp-read),1716508056(CENTRAL \sharepoint - rttoday team rosters readers),1694951354(CENTRAL\sharepoint - it_sssd readers),1670650232(CENTRAL\rtfile1-oss-images - change),1614577753(CENTRAL\sharepoint - it_fintech readers),1610502739(CENTRAL\rtfile1-cpo - listtfo),1520013920(CENTRAL\mobstream1-geac70 - read),1469020340(CENTRAL\rtapps1-videodropoff - change),401(com.apple.access_screensharing),1442650942(CENTRAL\mobstream1-payro ll - list),1314108640(CENTRAL\sharepoint - it_sox readers),1204791570(CENTRAL\mobstream1-testgeac70 - read),1011531228(CENTRAL\rtfile1-oss - list),835045542(CENTRAL\portal sso access),825891931(CENTRAL\rtxnet3-test rally video - change),627506891(CENTRAL\mobstream1-ssdata-reports-mailroom - change),613350225(CENTRAL\rtfile1-cpo-learning and development - change),365752408(CENTRAL\sharepoint - it readers),314586264(CENTRAL\mgvdde4330),270620738(CENTRAL\itreports-reports-pub – browser),181689370(CENTRAL\rtfile1-it - listtfo),155859220(CENTRAL\rtapps1-digitalsignage - change),122960468(CENTRAL\mobstream1-smartstream-geac65 - read)
bjackson1:~ jcullars$ echo "done"

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  • My Macbook won't start, and I must reinstall the disk. I haven't used time machine to back up, and I want to use an external drive to back up now. How can i do this from the utilities page?

    I am currently in Zambia on missions work and my computer is constantly exposed to heat. I have just been trying to avoid using it during the hottest part of the day. Today though, I started it up and it was stuck on the grey page with the rotating circle for over an hour, then once the circle left, it remained frozen on the gray page. I used command + r at startup to go to the utilities page to analyze the disk. It found that there were problems with the disk, but then it could not fix those problems and told me to backup as much information as I could and reinstall or redo it all. I haven't ever used time machine to back up any of my information, but i have an external drive that I can use right now to backup my files. I can't get into my computer though to backup the files. How can I use this external drive to backup my files while the computer is currently messed up? Please help.

    Emergency Backups (Data Recovery)
    A)          Format an external disk:
              (This will erase all data on the external disk.)
              Boot in recovery mode (power then Command-R).
                        Alternative: Network recovery boot (power then Command-Option-R keys)
              To format (and erase) the destination recovery disk:
              Plug in the drive you are about to erase.
              Select the volume that is NOT your system disk.
              Click on Partition.
              Pull down under Partition Layout to 1 Partition.
              Click on Options…
              Select GUID Partition Table.
              Name: Emergency Backup (or whatever you prefer)
              Format: Select Mac OS Extended (journaled)
              Click Apply.
              Click Partition.
    B)          Try to boot in Safe Mode (power then Shift key).
              (This will be a slow boot.  Be patient.)
              If it won’t boot in Safe Mode, jump to C.
              If it boots in Safe Mode, try to boot in normal mode.
                        If that fixed your problem then start a Time Machine backup.
                        http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427
                        https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4055
              If not, boot in Safe Mode again.
              Go > Computer.
              Double click on the system disk.
              Drag the Users folder to the recovery disk.
    C)          To clone the disk:
              Boot in recovery mode.
              Select Disk Utility.
              Try to repair the system disk twice.
              Whether or not the repair succeeds:
              Drag and drop the system disk to Source:
              Drag an drop Emergency Backup to Destination:
              (Take care not to reverse this order.)
              Click Restore (the lower Restore button).
    Once your system is healthy, maintain two reasonably current backups.  (Time machine restores can fail.)
    Create either two Time Machine backups (good) or one or more Time Machine backup(s) and one or more bootable-clone backup(s) (better).
              Use Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper! to create bootable-clone recovery disks.
              See https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3045
              and https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6031

  • How do I move an iTunes library from one external drive to another?

    I need to move my iTunes library from one external disk to another, because the original disk is about to fail. So, I went into iTunes Perferences --> Advanced, and set the library to a new, empty folder on the new drive.
    Nothing changed. I expected all my music to vanish from iTunes, so that I would have to re-import it. However, all the music remained, still on the old disk. At this point, if I were to recreate the library on the new disk, I would have all of my music twice.
    Is it possible to move an iTunes library from one external drive to another, or am I stuck with my original choice until I buy a new machine? If I can move it, can one of you clever folks explain how it could be done?

    Paul Seymour1 wrote:
    However, those are all dealing with old versions of iTunes that still contained the Advanced --> Consolidate Library command which is no longer part of the app. (I'm on iTunes 10.6.1.)
    Consolidate is still part of iTunes.
    It is in iTunes menu File > Library > Manage library > Consolidate.
    The article you linked to is old and it is (and was) a hacky way of doing it.
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  • One person, one iPhone, one laptop. Two homes in two states, two external drives, two identical copies of my music library.  Many headaches.

    I feel like this question is asked endlessly on these boards, but somehow I still can't find a relevant answer... So, apologies for rehashing a variant of the same question!
    I have one (ancient) MacBook Pro, and one (ancient) iPhone.  I carry both back and forth between two states: the state where I work and the state where I live the rest of the time.  My ancient MBP and my ancient iPhone are too small to carry my whole music collection (which is quite large—larger than a new phone or laptop would reasonably support, anyway).   My mobile apps and my podcasts live on my laptop, but my music library lives on an external drive.  I have two external drives now, one in each state where I live/work.  I also have a copy of everything on my desktop machine at work, but I've given up long ago trying to sync to multiple computers.  I'll settle for now for syncing to one computer (my MBP), which sometimes is connected to one copy of my library, and sometimes is connected to another copy of my library. 
    I know that I can make multiple iTunes libraries, with duplicate copies of my podcast subscriptions, my apps, and my playlists and music, and keep switching which one my phone is set to sync to (wiping it each time, and possibly losing some settings in the process?)   But that's a pain in the neck.  Plus, it's hard to keep my podcasts active in both libraries, because iTunes podcast subscriptions are like frail little tamagotchi critters that need constant love, nurturing, and encouragement, or else they wither and die. 
    Is there any way to have a single library, with my apps and podcasts on the laptop, which just happens to make use of the "local" copies of my music on whichever external drive happens to be attached?
    Or do I need the google cloud + android if I want to unify my listening and syncing life?
    Thanks!

    Hi,
    There are several reasons which may cause the backup to be full instead of incremental, such as source volume snapshot is deleted, from which the last backup was taken.
    For more detailed information, please refer to the thread below:
    control incremental vs full backup on W2k8 R2
    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/7820edc7-18ef-4f6e-bb50-f87f4a728597/control-incremental-vs-full-backup-on-w2k8-r2?forum=windowsbackup
    There is a similar thread, please go through it to help troubleshoot this issue:
    Understanding Windows Small Business Server 2008 Backup - Full and Incremental with 2 Backup Destinations
    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/bdb3c5ae-81dc-4f54-a39e-4b888ee52476/understanding-windows-small-business-server-2008-backup-full-and-incremental-with-2-backup
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