Need help with NTSF External HD

Troxicana · Troxicana #1 (**permalink**)

01-17-2009, 10:41 AM

Hey everyone, I'm new here, and new to Mac's as well.

I just bought an iMac from a buddy to make my iPod management much easier. It is the G3 egg-shaped model from several years back. I have all of my music on a Maxtor 120GB NTSF formatted external HD. When I first bought the Mac, I plugged in the hard drive via USB, and everything pulled up right away, and I started to play with my new Mac! Being a PC user for so long, I didn't think it would be a big deal unplugging the USB from the Mac, so I did. I tried to plug it back in, and it reads that the same amount of space is used, but says "0 files", and I can't seem to figure it out. My buddy that only uses Macs told me to do the "Verify Drive" option, but it is blanked out, and I can't click it.
PLEASE HELP!
I have spent the last 12 hours trying to figure this out, and I am ready to pull my hair out.

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

01-17-2009, 10:50 AM

Could you tell us what version of OS X that G3 is running (or is it OS 9)

Troxicana · Troxicana #3 (**permalink**)

01-17-2009, 10:55 AM

Mac OS X Version 10.4.11

louishen · louishen #4 (**permalink**)

01-17-2009, 11:08 AM

One solution is to unmount the drive (drag it to the trash) and use Disk Utility (Applications > Utilities) to remount the drive

Otherwise you can add proper read write support for the drive here

NTFS-3G for Mac OS X

THeBadMonkey · THeBadMonkey #5 (**permalink**)

01-17-2009, 12:44 PM

Annother option is to use NTFS for Mac by Paragon which was recommend by someone on here (and if I ever met them I will buy them a beer). It does much the same as NTFS-3g but I couldn't get that to work for the life of me so paid the $40 to get that and have had no problems at all.

Troxicana · Troxicana #6 (**permalink**)

01-17-2009, 02:48 PM

Well, I tried both solutions, however neither is working. Just to be clear, the hard drive still works great on my PC, it only stopped working on the Mac. And it did work until I unplugged the USB cord. Here are a few screen shots for clarification. I need help!

Troxicana · Troxicana #7 (**permalink**)

01-17-2009, 02:50 PM

Sorry. Double Post

louishen #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 22, 2007 Location: London Posts: 8,652 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core i7 2012 \| White 2009 MacBook 2 Ghz \| 733 Mhz G4 Quicksilver	01-17-2009, 10:50 AM Could you tell us what version of OS X that G3 is running (or is it OS 9) Member of the Month September 2008 & August 2012 \| Found advice useful? – use the rep system
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Member Since: Oct 22, 2007 Location: London Posts: 8,652 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core i7 2012 \| White 2009 MacBook 2 Ghz \| 733 Mhz G4 Quicksilver	01-17-2009, 11:08 AM One solution is to unmount the drive (drag it to the trash) and use Disk Utility (Applications > Utilities) to remount the drive Otherwise you can add proper read write support for the drive here NTFS-3G for Mac OS X Member of the Month September 2008 & August 2012 \| Found advice useful? – use the rep system
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THeBadMonkey #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 22, 2008 Location: Leeds Posts: 108 Mac Specs: Black Macbook: 2.4 ghz dual core 4gb Ram 250gb Hdd	01-17-2009, 12:44 PM Annother option is to use NTFS for Mac by Paragon which was recommend by someone on here (and if I ever met them I will buy them a beer). It does much the same as NTFS-3g but I couldn't get that to work for the life of me so paid the $40 to get that and have had no problems at all. Has Anyone seen my Clue Bannana?
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Troxicana #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 17, 2009 Posts: 4	01-17-2009, 10:41 AM Hey everyone, I'm new here, and new to Mac's as well. I just bought an iMac from a buddy to make my iPod management much easier. It is the G3 egg-shaped model from several years back. I have all of my music on a Maxtor 120GB NTSF formatted external HD. When I first bought the Mac, I plugged in the hard drive via USB, and everything pulled up right away, and I started to play with my new Mac! Being a PC user for so long, I didn't think it would be a big deal unplugging the USB from the Mac, so I did. I tried to plug it back in, and it reads that the same amount of space is used, but says "0 files", and I can't seem to figure it out. My buddy that only uses Macs told me to do the "Verify Drive" option, but it is blanked out, and I can't click it. PLEASE HELP! I have spent the last 12 hours trying to figure this out, and I am ready to pull my hair out.
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Troxicana #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 17, 2009 Posts: 4	01-17-2009, 02:48 PM Well, I tried both solutions, however neither is working. Just to be clear, the hard drive still works great on my PC, it only stopped working on the Mac. And it did work until I unplugged the USB cord. Here are a few screen shots for clarification. I need help!
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Troxicana #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 17, 2009 Posts: 4	01-17-2009, 02:50 PM Sorry. Double Post
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