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I have a home network as follows:
Mac mini, hooked up to TV
NTFS formatted Maxtor USB external hard drive
Wireless network
Dell desktop
Dell laptop
MacBook
I have just got the MacBook, and was trying to set it up to see the USB hard drive, attached to the Mac Mini
Could not do it
Called Mac support, and they said that although the Mac mini can see the directly-connected drive, other Macs cannot see it (more precisely, connect to it). He said if iy was FAT32, no problem ... but that others out there may have a workaround for this.
If I hang the USB hard drive off the Dell desktop, I can connect fine from the Macbook.
I have also hung it off a Buffalo Terrastation, and that works fine.
Anyone got any workarounds on this .. the reason I need it connected directly to the MacMini is that it has media files on, and if i try to play to the TV by streaming over the wireless network I get stutter and lip-sync problems with movies.
If connected directly to MacMini these problems disappear.
Any thoughts ?
Tks
Mac mini, hooked up to TV
NTFS formatted Maxtor USB external hard drive
Wireless network
Dell desktop
Dell laptop
MacBook
I have just got the MacBook, and was trying to set it up to see the USB hard drive, attached to the Mac Mini
Could not do it
Called Mac support, and they said that although the Mac mini can see the directly-connected drive, other Macs cannot see it (more precisely, connect to it). He said if iy was FAT32, no problem ... but that others out there may have a workaround for this.
If I hang the USB hard drive off the Dell desktop, I can connect fine from the Macbook.
I have also hung it off a Buffalo Terrastation, and that works fine.
Anyone got any workarounds on this .. the reason I need it connected directly to the MacMini is that it has media files on, and if i try to play to the TV by streaming over the wireless network I get stutter and lip-sync problems with movies.
If connected directly to MacMini these problems disappear.
Any thoughts ?
Tks