On May 18, 2010, at 7:46 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > On May 18, 2010, at 9:07 PM, John Carmonne wrote: > >> It's a Seagate FreeAgent "Master Boot Record" "Windows NT Filesystem" It >> probably has some kind of backup >> software that keeps someone from changing the content. I asume that any >> windows drive is FAT32 because when >> I move iTunes for people with widows I always have to to the media transfer >> with a FAT32 device. > > It's NOT FAT32 file system, it's NTFS file system. In order to write to an > NTFS filesystem with your Mac, you'll need extra software. AFAIK the best > software is "Paragon NTFS 8.0", which is commercial software. The open source > project called "NTFS-3G" is a linux project that has a native OS X version > available for free. The developer decided this open source was too difficult > to support gratis, and created a commercial upgrade called "Tuxera" which > also has a native OS X port. Because the commercial version is in > "competition" with the free version, finding the correct download link for > the free version has recently become very hard since there's a > conflict-of-interest whereby the developer wants you to buy the "Tuxera" > commercial upgrade version rather than using the free "NTFS-3G" ordinary > version. There may be one or two other commercial solutions, but the final > word is that you'll need to install one of these in order to be able to write > to this NTFS HD. > > Here's a download link for the latest NTFS-3G that works for 10.4-10.6 > (32-bit): > > <http://sourceforge.net/projects/catacombae/files/NTFS-3G%20for%20Mac%20OS%20X/2010.1.16/ntfs-3g-2010.1.16-macosx.dmg/download>
Thanks for the download. After reading your post It made me think of something so I plugged the drive into my MBP Inel and I can write to the drive. I'll use the download on my work horse G5 PM Dual 2,7. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
