Hiding OS folders

Lifeisabeach · Oct 27, 2008

rsherid said:
Yeah, please try and take a look at the screenshot and tell me what's wrong with it. Much appreciated.

Ok... I took a look over my own system and I have the same "problem" on my internal drive that is formatted using NTFS-3G. The only way I see to rename it is through Windows.

rsherid · Oct 27, 2008

lifeisabeach said:
Ok... I took a look over my own system and I have the same "problem" on my internal drive that is formatted using NTFS-3G. The only way I see to rename it is through Windows.

I'd be fine leaving it as just 'Local Disk.' The problem only arose when it came to that Index command in Terminal. Getting back to our original problem, you're saying I need to login as the root user and then go in through Terminal with those commands? Are you sure it'll know the command path if it's just 'mdutil -i on /Volumes/Local Disk'?

rsherid · Oct 28, 2008

Another thing about this drive: When I delete something from it, it doesn't go to the Trash (for possible recovery); instead, it just disappears.

Is there any way, beside the method I've already taken, to make this drive more Mac-friendly?

Lifeisabeach · Oct 29, 2008

rsherid said:
I'd be fine leaving it as just 'Local Disk.' The problem only arose when it came to that Index command in Terminal. Getting back to our original problem, you're saying I need to login as the root user and then go in through Terminal with those commands? Are you sure it'll know the command path if it's just 'mdutil -i on /Volumes/Local Disk'?

Since the drive is not formatted in a native file format that OS X supports, I would not attempt this. We already know renaming it using the conventional methods isn't working. Trying it via root may not work either and worse, you may really screw something up since many of the safeguards that exists for regular users are overridden for root. Only use root if you are absolutely certain of what you are doing. And I do mean ABSOLUTELY!

Lifeisabeach · Oct 29, 2008

rsherid said:
Another thing about this drive: When I delete something from it, it doesn't go to the Trash (for possible recovery); instead, it just disappears.

Is there any way, beside the method I've already taken, to make this drive more Mac-friendly?

Are you still using this drive directly with a Windows computer? As in un-plugging it from the Mac and plugging it back into a Windows PC?

rsherid · Oct 31, 2008

lifeisabeach said:
Are you still using this drive directly with a Windows computer? As in un-plugging it from the Mac and plugging it back into a Windows PC?

No, I'm using it exclusively with a Mac.

Lifeisabeach · Oct 31, 2008

rsherid said:
No, I'm using it exclusively with a Mac.

Well heck, then change the file system to HFS+ so you'll be using OS X's native file format. I suggest backing up your drive first, then reformatting it. If you simply can't back it all up, then try a utility called iPartition. That is supposed to be able to change the file system without data loss.

rsherid · Oct 31, 2008

lifeisabeach said:
Well heck, then change the file system to HFS+ so you'll be using OS X's native file format. I suggest backing up your drive first, then reformatting it. If you simply can't back it all up, then try a utility called iPartition. That is supposed to be able to change the file system without data loss.

Thanks for the suggestion, but what exactly are the benefits of HFS+? Will it help with the indexing?

After searching for more info, I found that the drive has to be "Mac OS extended & journaled." How do I make mine like that?

rsherid · Nov 6, 2008

So I'm getting a new HD as a backup while I erase this one and make it Mac compatiable. However, I was wondering: In order to avoid having to reinstall Leopard, can Time Machine save all my MB HD's settings/preferences on an external so I can just load it onto the new HD when it arrives? Essentially I'd be using Time Machine to put everything, including Leopard, onto this new HD.