Thanks Roni, I will try this and report back to you, thanks!
Adrian On 10/03/2011, at 4:31 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Thanks Adrian, > > As I mentioned in my previous email re: your External Drive. > If you are only going to use this external drive on a Mac, you need to format > it Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and now that we know it is an Intel iMac: > GUID Partition Table - for bootability on Intel-based Macs > > Let me know if you want a copy of my Tutorial how to Format & Partition the > External drive correctly. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 10/03/2011, at 4:21 PM, Adrian Stevens wrote: > >> Ronda >> >> As i said before it is a 10.6.6 iMac intel core i3 >> >> Adrian >> On 10/03/2011, at 8:48 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> >>> Hi Adrian, >>> >>> As Peter has mentioned, we need to know what OS your are running. >>> Also is the iMac an Intel or older PPC? >>> >>> On 10/03/2011, at 8:30 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On 10/03/2011, at 7:01 AM, Adrian Stevens wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Guys, >>>>> >>>>> I have finally bought my first iMac! I am pretty familiar with the Mac >>>>> anatomy but is there any smart tips or shortcuts I might need? >>>>> >>>>> Also, if there are any apps or programs that manage homework that would >>>>> be great (just started high school) >>>>> >>>>> And I promise, no more windows questions! >>>>> >>>>> I have 2 problems (I know, "thats not like mac!!!"): >>>>> >>>>> I have a HP deskjet all-in-one F370 printer (also with scanner and >>>>> copier). My mac will recognise it as a printer but not a scanner! I have >>>>> tried downloading drivers, but all it says is "CANNNOT CONNECT TO >>>>> PRINTER". >>>> >>>> What version of Mac OS X are you running? HP seem to have all the current >>>> drivers (v 10.3) for this device available for Snow Leopard. There may be >>>> issues with earlier versions. Perhaps someone who has one of these units >>>> may be able to help. >>>> >>>>> My external HDD can be viewed on the mac, but cannot be edited, written >>>>> over or changed! >>>>> >>>> >>>> This s most likely because your external drive is probably formatted as >>>> NTFS. Current versions of Mac OS X can only read NTFS -formatted volumes, >>>> but cannot write to them without extra help. There are several shareware >>>> solutions to the problem available. If you Google "ntfs on mac os x" you >>>> will come up with some answers. You can also go to www.macupdate.com and >>>> search for "NTFS". One of the more popular choices (and free!) is MacFUSE, >>>> but there may be better options as well. >>> >>> >>> If you are only going to use this external drive on a Mac, you need to >>> format it Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and depending whether it is an Intel >>> or a PowerPC. >>> GUID Partition Table - for bootability on Intel-based Macs >>> Apple Partition Map - for bootability on PowerPC-based Macs >>> >>> If you wish I can send you “offlist” my Tutorial showing you how to >>> re-format the drive correctly. >>> It has screen shots so you can follow the instructions easily. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 >>> 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm >>> >>> OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard >>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >>> >>> > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
