Topic : NTFS drive - cannot see files in finder!

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aviddave

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NTFS drive - cannot see files in finder!
Posted: Dec 17, 2007 12:34 PM 		 

Need a workaround...

NTFS formatted 2TB drive, mostly full. When plugged into any of my OS10.4.10/10.4.11 machines, the drive mounts and I can see top level folders. There are multiple folders on the drive that, when navigated to in the finder, do not show any files in them. The total drive space is being reported correctly, and if I naviage to the folders in the terminal I can see everything.

Windows XP sees files properly. I've tried replacing permissions for all of these folders, creating new folders and moving the files into them, and using the drive tools in Windows to check for errors.

I need to use these files in OSX (read only is fine) ASAP. I don't have the time or space necessary to copy 2TB to a OSX formatted drive. Any ideas?

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Niel


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Re: NTFS drive and cannot see files in Finder!
Posted: Dec 17, 2007 7:44 PM   in response to: aviddave 		 

Open the Script Editor in the /Applications/AppleScript/ folder and paste in the following:

tell application "Finder" to quit
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 1"
tell application "Finder" to run

To hide the files again, replace the 1 in the second line with the number 0. This script changes the visibility of all normally hidden files, not just those on a specific drive.

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