iOmega Prestige Desktop Hard Drive 1TB

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iOmega Prestige Desktop Hard Drive 1TB

I just made the switch from PC to Mac a few weeks ago so I've been putting all my files onto my hard drive for transfer. I would like to keep my master files on my hard drive but my Mac won't let me copy files from my computer to the external. Is there anyway to make this possible without losing any data on my hard drive?

iMac - 21.5", Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Jul 2, 2010 9:07 AM

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Niel

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Jul 2, 2010 9:17 AM in response to arosal8093

Install the NTFS-3G drivers on the Mac and try again.

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arosal8093 Author

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Jul 2, 2010 9:43 AM in response to arosal8093

Is there anyway to get it to work without installing any extra drivers or software? Can I change security settings so that I can get it to work?

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Niel

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Jul 2, 2010 9:47 AM in response to arosal8093

Is there anyway to get it to work without installing any extra drivers or software?

Not without risking damage. Click here for more information.

Can I change security settings so that I can get it to work?

No.

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JaimieV

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Jul 2, 2010 11:49 AM in response to arosal8093

No. This is because the external drive is formatted NTFS.

OSX comes with a read-only NTFS driver. To go read-write, you should use the third part NTFS-3g.

http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/

Note that Tuxera have a paid version too, if you want support.

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