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I hesitate writing this but I am a "new mac user"; every time I google a question and find one of these threads this is how they all start.
Regardless I just got a 2010 Macbook Pro running 10.6.6 Snow Leopard. I plugged two of my external hd's into my Macbook Pro and tried moving all the data from one external hd to the other. I tried "copy" and "paste" but after I copied the data and went to the other external hd it did not give me the option to "paste." (It did however give me the option to paste on the Mac HD). I then tried to just drag the data from one external to the the other and it gave me the "no" symbol. (When I say drag I mean I opened up both of the external hd windows and just tried dragging and dropping from one window to the other).
It would allow me to move the data from one external hd to the Mac HD, then to the other external but thats retarded. I assume I am missing something very very basic. As far as this being a case of a hardware issue, or simply to much data to fit on the other external hd, I plugged them both into my desktop PC and they are transferring directly from one to the other as I write this. I did attempt to google this and look through the forum. I apologize if this issue has already been answered.
Thanks
Aaron
Regardless I just got a 2010 Macbook Pro running 10.6.6 Snow Leopard. I plugged two of my external hd's into my Macbook Pro and tried moving all the data from one external hd to the other. I tried "copy" and "paste" but after I copied the data and went to the other external hd it did not give me the option to "paste." (It did however give me the option to paste on the Mac HD). I then tried to just drag the data from one external to the the other and it gave me the "no" symbol. (When I say drag I mean I opened up both of the external hd windows and just tried dragging and dropping from one window to the other).
It would allow me to move the data from one external hd to the Mac HD, then to the other external but thats retarded. I assume I am missing something very very basic. As far as this being a case of a hardware issue, or simply to much data to fit on the other external hd, I plugged them both into my desktop PC and they are transferring directly from one to the other as I write this. I did attempt to google this and look through the forum. I apologize if this issue has already been answered.
Thanks
Aaron