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Can’t move drive icon or files
(i posted this on the OS X forum, but no replies, so, sorry to bother you guys with this…)
I have an external FW800 drive on which my info tells me that i have all (read & write) permissions on it, and i can move files to it, but i can’t move them from folder to folder while on the drive, nor copy anything from that drive to anything else. i can’t even move the drive icon on my desktop. What gives? I’m on 10.5.8
Thanks again!
J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Quad-Core
3 GB RAM
http://www.bigya.tv -
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What is the format of the drive?
Is it NTFS? Is it FAT 32? Is it MacOS Extended?
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MacOS Extended (Journaled) – like my other ones…and i can’t even move stuff to the burn folder to clear it off…but i’m sure there is some simple solution.
Thanks again!
J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Quad-Core
3 GB RAM
http://www.bigya.tv -
Are you on a network? Does another station have the drive mounted too?
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hmmm…good point. yes, on a local network, but no other computers have it mounted. in fact, the other two computers are turned off right now.
Thanks again!
J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Quad-Core
3 GB RAM
http://www.bigya.tv -
Maybe your computer still thinks another computer has it mounted…have you tried rebooting or disconnecting from the network temporarily?
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i’ve rebooted several times, unpugged the drive from this main computer, but so far no changes…
Thanks again!
J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Quad-Core
3 GB RAM
http://www.bigya.tv -
try to eject the disk and mount it with the DiskUtility “Mounting point”.
rafael -
Although you have verified that you have read and write permissions on the drive, make sure that “ignore permissions on this drive” is checked in the drive info box.
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thanks….i unmounted it in Disk Utility, but don’t see “Mounting Point”
Thanks again!
J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Quad-Core
3 GB RAM
http://www.bigya.tv -
it is checked. i also unchecked it, then re-checked it. no change.
Thanks again!
J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Quad-Core
3 GB RAM
http://www.bigya.tv
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