The reason I have mine as ntfs and for me the reason I use ntfs3g and macfuse is I have 2 different machines both of wich need to access the drive. sure I could get macdrive but why pay 50 bucks if I can access the same content for free?
S On Sep 20, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
