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I am running out of space on my hard drive and have an external drive. I want to be able to store my emails on the external drive seamlessly. I want them to appear in mammal, but when I store them I want them to automatically go to the external drive. I also want to be able to manipulate them as I do now. I don't want a mirrored drive, though, as that will not alleviate my storage issues.
czani64 wrote:
- Check the external drive is formatted as OS X Extended (Journaled). it is but it doesn't say OS X Extended, just Mac OS extended
- Ensure the external drive is not enabled for " Ignore ownership to this volume " How do I verify this. that wording doesn't appear anywhere
- The guide is referenced on many posts. My preference is to perform this with a cloning tool, Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper. Which guide? I don't have Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper.
- My typo, as long as the format is Mac OS Extended (Journaled) , should be ok.
- Under Finder -> right click external drive -> Get Info : at the bottom is a tick box for " Ignore ownership on this volume " make sure it is not ticked.
- As I posted earlier: User tip: User Tip: Creating a lean, fast Boot Drive
- There is a free version of SuperDuper, a trial version of Carbon Copy Cloner
There is a drop down menu with a sunburst or wheel icon in the "Sharing and Permissions" section. The options are
"make …(me) the owner
apply to enclosed items...
revert changes
But they are greyed out unless I unlock them. When I unlock them, I can "make me the owner" or "apply to enclosed items".
I dont' see any tick box with Ignore ownership on this volume.
Under Sharing and Permissions:
That does not show up on my system. I'm on Mac OS X v 10.7.5, if that makes a difference. And I can't upgrade to the next version, because I don't have any space on my internal hard drive!! Catch-22...
- The "ignore ownership" does not appear as the external drive was or is used for Time Machine. which?
- How much disk space is free on the external? It can be used to create another volume and resize the current volume.
Refer: http://osxdaily.com/2009/11/20/resize-partitions-in-mac-os-x-with-disk-utility/
storing email on external drive to save space
