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ibrahim nezar abd allatif
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Q: External HDD no files when attached to TIME CAPSULE

Hi all, I have a question and I don't know if this is an issue or I am missing something, when i try to attached an external HDD with some files on, it does not show the files, but I can access the share from the shared drives on my mac normally and create new files easily.

 

And note when I deattach the external and attach it on my mac, it show everything, the old files and the new one i added through the network .

 

I am really confused. I need help in this regards

OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Mar 21, 2014 2:01 PM

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ibrahim nezar abd allatif

Q: External HDD no files when attached to TIME CAPSULE

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  • by LaPastenague,

    LaPastenague LaPastenague Mar 21, 2014 2:07 PM in response to ibrahim nezar abd allatif
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    Mar 21, 2014 2:07 PM in response to ibrahim nezar abd allatif

    You have permissions issues.. this is so so common on Mavericks.. the best idea is to copy the files to the disk whilst shared on the TC..

     

    It is hard to fix the permissions.. Some people can do it via the terminal but I do not know the commands and they are dangerous if the files are ones you would prefer not to lose.

     

    See info about setting permissions.. but if the files are invisible then you really need to do it from a different computer.

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13799

     

    You might be able to change the permissions whilst the disk is plugged in by USB direct to the computer. Make sure everyone can access and read and write to the files.

  • by ibrahim nezar abd allatif,

    ibrahim nezar abd allatif ibrahim nezar abd allatif Mar 22, 2014 12:50 AM in response to LaPastenague
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    Mar 22, 2014 12:50 AM in response to LaPastenague

    Thanks dear for your reply, actually I am not that good in permissions, just I knew the Basics which are the user, group, others and SUID, GUID and Sticky Bit. I did chmod 7777 on the folder locally before attaching it to the Time Capsule, but I still have the same issue.

     

     

    You said it is permission and it makes sense to me. Just I want to know if there is a way to grant permission over network, maybe this is related to NFS.

     

    But here in my Senario, I guess attaching a HDD is called SAN because the fs is normally JHFS+.

     

    FYI, I did something else, I addedd the user that I created inside TC to the shared permission of the folder.. But still not solved.

     

    I really need that setup to be done soon.

    Any other suggestoins ?

     

    Again, many thanks