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<blockquote data-quote="cirdan" data-source="post: 1283356" data-attributes="member: 206312"><p>bit of an update. i wanted to try and see if i could transfer my files. i have tried in linux but had permission issues which i couldn't find an answer to. so the other option was to try with another mac. after a good few weeks i have managed to use another mac. i have connected that one to mine with firewire and my HD is know showing up. unlike when i tried with linux i can access the contents of the hard drive. one problem is with my pictures. i have a lot but when i click on the iphoto pic it opens up iphoto on the second mac but i can only find a few of my pictures amongst those on the other mac. my macHD is still showing 250gb used, so i am guessing they must be there somewhere, where might they be?</p><p></p><p>also i have just plugged in a new external drive i bought to copy my files over. but when i plugged it into the other mac for the first time it says disk insertion, the disk inserted is not readable by this computer, so i opened disk utility, i checked the info for the external drive which said under file system Mac OS Extended (Journaled). i thought that was right but the drive wasn't showing up or working. is this the right format? i tried altering it, i changed it to ms dos fat 32, when i did this i was able to copy files over from my mac HD fine, but i don't think thats right. i don't have any big files they are mainly work templates or some photographs, i don't think i have an individual file bigger than a couple of GB. Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cirdan, post: 1283356, member: 206312"] bit of an update. i wanted to try and see if i could transfer my files. i have tried in linux but had permission issues which i couldn't find an answer to. so the other option was to try with another mac. after a good few weeks i have managed to use another mac. i have connected that one to mine with firewire and my HD is know showing up. unlike when i tried with linux i can access the contents of the hard drive. one problem is with my pictures. i have a lot but when i click on the iphoto pic it opens up iphoto on the second mac but i can only find a few of my pictures amongst those on the other mac. my macHD is still showing 250gb used, so i am guessing they must be there somewhere, where might they be? also i have just plugged in a new external drive i bought to copy my files over. but when i plugged it into the other mac for the first time it says disk insertion, the disk inserted is not readable by this computer, so i opened disk utility, i checked the info for the external drive which said under file system Mac OS Extended (Journaled). i thought that was right but the drive wasn't showing up or working. is this the right format? i tried altering it, i changed it to ms dos fat 32, when i did this i was able to copy files over from my mac HD fine, but i don't think thats right. i don't have any big files they are mainly work templates or some photographs, i don't think i have an individual file bigger than a couple of GB. Cheers [/QUOTE]
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