Thanks Sean and everyone else. You all have the answer I am looking for. I guess I just have to sit down and get my hands dirty on ntfs3G. Your help is deeply appreciated.
Archie On Dec 14, 10:27 pm, "Sean Chitwood" <[email protected]> wrote: > So: > No, Sony didn't know anything other people don't know, the flash drive > got formatted Fat32 at some point and almost anyone can read and write > fat32. > > Your new drive is over the 32GB limit of Fat32 so it got formatted NTFS. > For whatever reason Apple decided to only support reading from NTFS systems > rather than implementing Read and Write. It probably had something to do > with Apple's ego not fitting in the room with Microsoft's ego. > > Anyway you have several solutions: > > 1) Use Windows filesharing to move files back and forth. This is preferred > for large files. > > 2) Use something like Live Mesh to move the files back and forth. This > would work for smaller files. > > 3) If you need to keep up with the sneaker net, then MacFUSE will allow > you to read and write back and forth once you learn how to use the ntfs3g > program that is not included or supported, I have heard about MacFUSION, > which I know next to nothing about and it might give you a nice GUI to allow > you to mount NTFS drives. > > --Sean > > Calendar:http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=darkmane%40gmail.com > Livejournal:http://darkmane.livejournal.com > > Every 5 minutes you spend writing code in a new language is more useful than > 5 hours reading blog posts about how great the language is. > Robert Orben - "Older people shouldn't eat health food, they need all the > preservatives they can get." > > On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 6:56 PM, Archie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have a Sony Flash memory USB for a couple of years to port files > > between Windows. A year ago I have a Macbook Pro. Without a second > > thought I slotted Sony chip into the Mac and surpriised to find that I > > can read and write files on to it. Albeit Mac created a couple of > > files and folders which looked pretty harmless to me. A week ago I > > bought Seagate FreeAgent 500G and came across problem well documented > > on the Web. Mac can read but cannot write to it unless I turn it into > > Mac use only. Very different from Sony memory chip. > > Does Sony know something we don"t? I would appreciate if Amit can > > shine some light onto this. Thanks. > > > Archie --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacFUSE" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macfuse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
