New WD Passport won't mount

afriqueart · afriqueart #1 (**permalink**)

05-23-2011, 03:14 PM

I bought a 1 tb WD passport drive for my music. I copied all the music from my PC internal drive to the Passport. everything checked out on the pc side of the house. I "safely removed" the drive and tried plugging it into my macbook pro (brand new....latest updates, etc.). This is the error message I received:

NTFS-3G could not mount /dev/disk1s1
at volumes/my passport because the following problem occured

dyld:library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libfuse.
2. dylib
referenced from /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g
reason: Image Not found

If I open the disc utility, it "sees" the drive but first aid wont fix it and it wont mount.

I searched the forums but didn't find my particular error and tried plugging the passport back into the PC (win7 with all the latest updates). PC saw it fine. I again "safely removed" it. mac still can't see it.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

John

quin · quin #2 (**permalink**)

05-23-2011, 03:42 PM

Mac isn't compatible with NTFS format drive, pretty sure FAT is what you want for format.

thurstmw · thurstmw #3 (**permalink**)

05-23-2011, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quin

Mac isn't compatible with NTFS format drive, pretty sure FAT is what you want for format.

OSX should be able to read NTFS with no problem it just cant write to it.

Here is a post with some one with a similar problem on mac rumors. He solved it but it was crude at best.

Link

Do you have macfuse installed?

afriqueart · afriqueart #4 (**permalink**)

05-23-2011, 05:15 PM

A phone call to apple. A download and install of macfuse. Mac still not mounting the drive. Disk utility app sees the drive and its atributes but wont mount it.

Dysfunction · Dysfunction #5 (**permalink**)

05-23-2011, 05:20 PM

Which macfuse version?

afriqueart · afriqueart #6 (**permalink**)

05-23-2011, 05:36 PM

Latest one. It says I have the latest update.

Dysfunction · Dysfunction #7 (**permalink**)

05-23-2011, 06:33 PM

I assume you downloaded NTFS-3G 2010.10.2 from the apple site?

If so, I would try the following. Uninstall both and reboot. Install macfuse, then install ntfs-3g. See if it changes things. I've not run into this issue.. but then again, I have little use for NTFS, so I'm unlikely to. This is just how my brain would deal with the PD of this issue. Especially since macfuse's last update was in 2008..

afriqueart · afriqueart #8 (**permalink**)

05-23-2011, 07:04 PM

Reformated fat 32. Simple, clean shouldn't cause any more problems. Now for a 12 hour file transfer!

Thanks to all for the advice and info.
John

Dysfunction #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 17, 2008 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 6,511 Mac Specs: 2008 and 2011 15" mbps, late 11 iMac, iPhone 4s, and too many ipods and other stuff	05-23-2011, 05:20 PM Which macfuse version? mike This machine kills fascists Got # ? phear the command line!
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Dysfunction #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 17, 2008 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 6,511 Mac Specs: 2008 and 2011 15" mbps, late 11 iMac, iPhone 4s, and too many ipods and other stuff	05-23-2011, 06:33 PM I assume you downloaded NTFS-3G 2010.10.2 from the apple site? If so, I would try the following. Uninstall both and reboot. Install macfuse, then install ntfs-3g. See if it changes things. I've not run into this issue.. but then again, I have little use for NTFS, so I'm unlikely to. This is just how my brain would deal with the PD of this issue. Especially since macfuse's last update was in 2008.. mike This machine kills fascists Got # ? phear the command line!
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afriqueart #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 22, 2011 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 78 Mac Specs: Macbook Pro 13"	05-23-2011, 03:14 PM I bought a 1 tb WD passport drive for my music. I copied all the music from my PC internal drive to the Passport. everything checked out on the pc side of the house. I "safely removed" the drive and tried plugging it into my macbook pro (brand new....latest updates, etc.). This is the error message I received: NTFS-3G could not mount /dev/disk1s1 at volumes/my passport because the following problem occured dyld:library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libfuse. 2. dylib referenced from /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g reason: Image Not found If I open the disc utility, it "sees" the drive but first aid wont fix it and it wont mount. I searched the forums but didn't find my particular error and tried plugging the passport back into the PC (win7 with all the latest updates). PC saw it fine. I again "safely removed" it. mac still can't see it. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. John
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quin #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 19, 2009 Posts: 426 Mac Specs: MBP 13, 2.4, 8GB, 120GB SSD OCZ	05-23-2011, 03:42 PM Mac isn't compatible with NTFS format drive, pretty sure FAT is what you want for format.
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afriqueart #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 22, 2011 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 78 Mac Specs: Macbook Pro 13"	05-23-2011, 05:15 PM A phone call to apple. A download and install of macfuse. Mac still not mounting the drive. Disk utility app sees the drive and its atributes but wont mount it.
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afriqueart #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 22, 2011 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 78 Mac Specs: Macbook Pro 13"	05-23-2011, 05:36 PM Latest one. It says I have the latest update.
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afriqueart #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 22, 2011 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 78 Mac Specs: Macbook Pro 13"	05-23-2011, 07:04 PM Reformated fat 32. Simple, clean shouldn't cause any more problems. Now for a 12 hour file transfer! Thanks to all for the advice and info. John
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