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..can't write to new external drive? - mrbigstuff - 02-15-2008
I have a Gateway USB drive hooked to my iBook along with the FW external to copy. Info panel says that I do not have permission to write... ? This is an out of the box drive and I have not done anything to it. Advice on how to change the permissions on this? Tx
Re: ..can't write to new external drive? - bazookaman - 02-15-2008
Is it formatted with NTFS? I think thats read only to a Mac.
Re: ..can't write to new external drive? - ka jowct - 02-15-2008
What bazookaman said: I can't imagine that a Gateway drive would come formatted for a Mac.
Re: ..can't write to new external drive? - kj4btkljv - 02-15-2008
Disk Utility should be able to format it so a Mac can use it.
Jeff