I can't select a bunch of files from my music folder at a time and copy them to the drive? What a pain! I will try one at a time and sww if that works. I could copy over the whole file, but then I'll have to go through and delete; I'm putting together some music files for my husband's iTunes library, since I was told this is the easiest way to share music files. (We have different iTunes accounts.) Christine On Jun 8, 2011, at 12:22 PM, carolyn Haas wrote:
> Hi Christine: > I don't believe you can copy more than one at a t ime, unless they're in a > folder. The other thing to keep in mind is you may need to interact in order > to paste. VO should be telling you both when it copies, and when it is > pasting, it should say, "paste, copying from ..." > > Sometimes it's ust a bit of trial and error tinkering. > > Carolyn > > On Jun 8, 2011, at 10:01 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: > >> Hi, Esther and others: thanks so much for your responses. I am now able to >> find the drive, and what I want to do is copy music files to it. However, I >> cannot figure out how to do this. I selected several files, copied them, >> then interacted with the empty table for the centon drive. I hit command v >> -- and got the error sound. This is how I went about things with my PC -- >> is there some step or nuance I'm missing? Even if someone must contact me >> off-list, could you walk me through the process, or point me to a podcast or >> web site that does so? I thought this was going to be one of the simpler >> things I would be doing . . . (grin). >> Christine >> On Jun 8, 2011, at 12:32 AM, Esther wrote: >> >>> Hi Christine, >>> >>> If this is a USB flash drive or memory stick you should not have to format >>> or otherwise activate it. If this is a new hard drive, depending on the >>> format, you may or may not want, or have to format (or reformat) the drive >>> with Disk Utility. What you decide to do depends on how you plan to use >>> the drive, and whether you need to both read and write to it from different >>> operating systems, or just plan to use it with your Mac, and the issue here >>> is that, without additional software, Windows file systems can't read the >>> default Mac file system file formats. >>> >>> Since, from your subject line, you are using a USB flash drive, I'll add a >>> suggestion to the good recommendations you've had from Zack and Ricardo. >>> If you can't find the drive on your Desktop, and Carolyn's suggestion of >>> looking in Finder on your computer (Command+Shift+C) doesn't work, try the >>> keyboard shortcut in Finder of Command+Shift+G (for "Go to Folder"). In >>> the text box of the dialog window that appears when you issue this command, >>> type or paste in: >>> "/Volumes" >>> without the surrounding quotation marks, but with the slash mark at the >>> beginning, and using a capital "V" for "Volumes", then press Return. >>> >>> This should show you all mounted volumes that are attached to your computer >>> in your Finder window. One of them will be "Macintosh HD", which is your >>> main hard drive. Another should be the name of your USB flash drive (e.g., >>> "Lexar", "Crucial", or "Untitled"), which you can then select. This method >>> (pressing Command+Shift+G and then going to the "/Volumes" folder in >>> Finder) works for me in the very few instances where an attached drive is >>> mounted on the system, but for some reason the graphical user interface >>> (GUI) doesn't update the information. The Finder view is a little simpler >>> with this command than what is displayed with Command+Shift+C (which, as >>> Carolyn explained, shows the top level of your Computer), because it >>> doesn't include network connections. >>> >>> Remember that you have to exit the files on the attached USB drive before >>> ejecting it. That means that you cannot have any of the files open in >>> another application (e.g., be viewing one of the files on the drive in >>> TextEdit), and you should navigate to the top level of the device in the >>> Finder window (use Command+Up arrow to move up levels). Then you can use >>> Command+E to eject the attached USB flash drive and remove it safely from >>> the USB port on your computer. >>> >>> HTH. Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> On Jun 7, 2011, at 16:27, Christine Grassman wrote: >>> >>>> I did check that external disks were checked in Finder preferences to show >>>> on the desktop, but the only untitled folder there is not the disk. I >>>> can't find anything to activate the disk. Is there something else I can >>>> try -- is it possible I have to format it or something? It's brand-new. >>>> On Jun 7, 2011, at 10:08 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Christine, >>>>> When you insert the drive an icon will appear on the desktop, which you >>>>> can then open. It might be labeled as Untitled or similar, depending on >>>>> whether the drive has a volume label or not. You open this with >>>>> command-o, and then can copy files to it by, for instance, opening a new >>>>> Finder window with command-n and navigating to where ever you want to >>>>> copy from. To remove the drive, first eject it with command-e on its >>>>> icon. >>>>> Hope this helps, >>>>> Zack. >>>>> On Jun 7, 2011, at 7:05 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, everyone, I'm really confused right now. I placed a new drive into >>>>>> the USB port and expected some sort of dialog box or alert telling me it >>>>>> was available; I want to copy music files onto it. Nothing, and I can't >>>>>> figure out how to locate it, the way I used to on a PC using "my >>>>>> computer". What must I do? (I did try removing it, and I got the alert >>>>>> that it was not removed safely, but it doesn't seem to notice when I >>>>>> insert it.) >>>>>> Christine >>>>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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