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Fat32 External Hard Drive is read-only?
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<blockquote data-quote="alexjholland" data-source="post: 1210098" data-attributes="member: 86578"><p>Solved! It seems the WD 'Smartware' software needs to be kept open. It appears as a CD on my desktop that I unmounted for the sake of it; keeping it open after I've booted means my external is read/write and I can put my artwork in iTunes!</p><p></p><p>I may convert to a Mac format anyway, as the entire reason it was in Fat32 was so I could plug it directly into my 360 or PS3 to stream. However my new Mac is so quiet, that I can turn the monitor off and stream across the network using 'Playback' anyway. Fat 32 limits file size and, apparently, wastes space too..</p><p></p><p>If I decide to go ahead with this reformat, I'll visit the Mac store perhaps to ask to use their storage.. I hope they like piracy!</p><p></p><p>Ps. I definitely wasn't being rude dude, chill out..</p><p></p><p>Many Thanks for all your help and time everyone!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alexjholland, post: 1210098, member: 86578"] Solved! It seems the WD 'Smartware' software needs to be kept open. It appears as a CD on my desktop that I unmounted for the sake of it; keeping it open after I've booted means my external is read/write and I can put my artwork in iTunes! I may convert to a Mac format anyway, as the entire reason it was in Fat32 was so I could plug it directly into my 360 or PS3 to stream. However my new Mac is so quiet, that I can turn the monitor off and stream across the network using 'Playback' anyway. Fat 32 limits file size and, apparently, wastes space too.. If I decide to go ahead with this reformat, I'll visit the Mac store perhaps to ask to use their storage.. I hope they like piracy! Ps. I definitely wasn't being rude dude, chill out.. Many Thanks for all your help and time everyone! [/QUOTE]
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