problems with external hard drive

Steppenwolf · Steppenwolf #1 (**permalink**)

03-01-2008, 06:02 AM

Hello outside

Finally I got a Mac now I want to use want to use my external hard-drive, but it´s not allowed for me to write not read.
Maybe Format: Windows NTFS is the reason?
What can I do?

louishen · louishen #2 (**permalink**)

03-01-2008, 07:40 AM

You can either reformat it to fat 32, or download macfuse that will allow read write access to NTFS drives

http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/

riscy · riscy #3 (**permalink**)

03-01-2008, 08:42 AM

I have used this app as I had a load of material on a 320GB HD which was not supported by Mac, and now it has read and write access - EXCELLENT!

(And it's free

)

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #4 (**permalink**)

03-01-2008, 04:05 PM

If you want both system info and/or on the drive us as above.

If you are going to use as Mac only, connect up, go to Disk Utility, check the external disk and zero the drive to Mac Journal format.

Steppenwolf · Steppenwolf #5 (**permalink**)

03-03-2008, 05:06 AM

thanks
with macfuse and ntfs3g
i can read and write

goobimama · goobimama #6 (**permalink**)

03-03-2008, 06:27 AM

Have you checked out Paragon-NTFS? That's pretty neat.

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Steppenwolf #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 01, 2008 Posts: 7	03-01-2008, 06:02 AM Hello outside Finally I got a Mac now I want to use want to use my external hard-drive, but it´s not allowed for me to write not read. Maybe Format: Windows NTFS is the reason? What can I do?
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louishen #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 22, 2007 Location: London Posts: 8,654 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core i7 2012 \| White 2009 MacBook 2 Ghz \| 733 Mhz G4 Quicksilver	03-01-2008, 07:40 AM You can either reformat it to fat 32, or download macfuse that will allow read write access to NTFS drives http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/
	QUOTE Thanks

harryb2448 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 28, 2007 Location: Nambucca Heads Australia Posts: 14,095 Mac Specs: iMac i5 2.7GHz OS X.8.3	03-01-2008, 04:05 PM If you want both system info and/or on the drive us as above. If you are going to use as Mac only, connect up, go to Disk Utility, check the external disk and zero the drive to Mac Journal format.
	QUOTE Thanks

Steppenwolf #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 01, 2008 Posts: 7	03-03-2008, 05:06 AM thanks with macfuse and ntfs3g i can read and write
	QUOTE Thanks

goobimama #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 28, 2006 Posts: 2,542 Mac Specs: iMac Core Duo 20", iBook G4, iPhone 8GB :)	03-03-2008, 06:27 AM Have you checked out Paragon-NTFS? That's pretty neat.
	QUOTE Thanks

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