So, I have this external hard drive, just a small 60 gig portable. And I set up the file system in Windows, and all the permissions to be open access. When I move it to my Mac, though, it says I only have read access, even though I deliberately set it up so that everyone could read and write. What's going on? Is there a way to change this that doesn't involve wiping the drive, because that is an ass-pain, last-ditch option here. But I need to be able to write to the thing.
Now hold on, I'm gonna press the right pedal harder. I expect us to accelerate.
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esse - Mar 08, 2007 9:46:35 am PST #794 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Tom Scola - Mar 08, 2007 9:51:31 am PST #795 of 25496
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Macs can only mount NTFS drives read-only.
This [link] is supposed to provide read-write support, but it's very new, and I don't know of anyone who has experience using it.
esse - Mar 08, 2007 9:53:30 am PST #796 of 25496
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Man. I knew I was missing something obvious.
But linux can mount read-write, even though it doesn't like it, right?
What's the ideal mount state for an external drive, to be able to rwx in linux, osx, and windows? FAT32?
Tom Scola - Mar 08, 2007 9:54:54 am PST #797 of 25496
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
FAT32?
Unfortunately, yes.
§ ita § - Mar 08, 2007 9:56:09 am PST #798 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Anyone here good at CSS and doesn't read BBABB++? There a centring-in-IE problem I'm at the end of my rope with.
esse - Mar 08, 2007 9:56:10 am PST #799 of 25496
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Why on earth can't the computers just do what I tell them to do in my brain? Sigh.
Gris - Mar 08, 2007 9:57:22 am PST #800 of 25496
Hey. New board.
No longer makes sense! I forgot about NTFS.
amych - Mar 08, 2007 10:00:13 am PST #801 of 25496
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
ita, I won't have time to check it out until after the weekend, but I may have a clue then -- is that okay, or is it more urgent?
§ ita § - Mar 08, 2007 10:01:08 am PST #802 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That'd be just fine, amych.
esse - Mar 08, 2007 10:03:23 am PST #803 of 25496
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Frustratingly, MacFUSE will not download. Patience running short.