New to mac. want to restore system but can't transfer files/movies/ect to external drive. Able to access the drive and files (windows) but cannot add mac files to it. HELP?!?
I'm new to Mac and can't say that I like it very much so far. I've been having a really hard time doing the most basic of things like play a dvd that doesn't start on autoplay. So I'm looking to restore it to the factory settings and try again. I'm using an external hard drive to save my files, movies, itunes, ect. I can see the drive and access the files already on it from my Window's PC but I'm unable to copy, save, or drag and drop files from the mac to the external. This is not a drive I can patition at this time and I need the files I'm transfering accessable on my Windows PC. I've never had a problem transfering docs and video from the school's macs to pc before so I don't understand why I'm unable to do so now at home. I have microsoft Word programs on both computers and files are saved as HTML or RTF mostly. Any sugestions would be helpful.
Thanks for reading and assisting with this artical.
-Zorra Reed
ps. I'm using snow lepard 10 something if it matters.
iMac