Sounds like the drive is frmatted with NTFS. Use the disk utility to erase and reformat it as a mac drive. On Sep 19, 2010, at 9:25 PM, Jim Fettgather wrote:
> 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. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en.
