Jim,

 I would suggest that you re format the drive before using it on your mac.
 Try formatting it as a fat 32 or if you only use it on a mac, a mac file
structure. 
I'm assuming that you have a drive  formatted as an ntfs file structure.

 Macs osx will read from ntfs but don't write to them.

Simon 



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Sent: Monday, 20 September 2010 2:25 p.m.
To: [email protected]
Subject: My Passport External Hard Drive

Hi to the list.

I had purchased a My Passport 500 GB external hard drive, when connecting it
to the Mac, a message came up asking if i wanted to use Time Machine to back
up files.

I elected not to use Time Machine but instead to copy and move files
manually.

However, when I copy files or folders to the clipboard, and open My
Passport, paste options are dimmed, in every case.

Any suggestions as to what's happening?

Thanks a lot.


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