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itunes music transfer

bertomactic

bertomactic

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Feb 26, 2011
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I am trying to transfer my itunes music to a 500 gb external hard drive from my ibook (G4 1.2 ghz / 1.25 ram / 80 gb hd) by a USB connection. I created a folder on the external called My music. I opened itunes and i open the external and try to drag and drop the itues music over....... nothing happens. what am i doing wrong???????????????????????????????
 
simsaladimbamba

simsaladimbamba

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bertomactic said:
Hey...i think i just figured it out......but now when i try to drag and drop i get a message that reads "External hard drive can not be modified"......now what ?????????!
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Have you checked Finder > select external HDD >> GET INFO >>> Format and Sharing & Permissions yet?
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bertomactic

bertomactic

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simsaladimbamba said:
Yes, you have to change the permissions to READ & WRITE.

Mac OS X - Setting Permissions
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I see area where it shows " Sharing & Permissions" like Simsaladimbamba shows but i do not have any kind of access. There is nothing for me to access of click on, however i think i should mention that the External harddrive in question is NTFS formatted ( would that make a difference??????) I formatted the hard drive with MAc disk utility as Mac extended journal and now i see everything that Simsaladimbamba says i should see.............?????? i guess NTFS is just PC and Mac not playing nice in the sandbox????????......any comments???????
 
simsaladimbamba

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bertomactic said:
I see area where it shows " Sharing & Permissions" like Simsaladimbamba shows but i do not have any kind of access. There is nothing for me to access of click on, however i think i should mention that the External harddrive in question is NTFS formatted ( would that make a difference??????) I formatted the hard drive with MAc disk utility as Mac extended journal and now i see everything that Simsaladimbamba says i should see.............?????? i guess NTFS is just PC and Mac not playing nice in the sandbox????????......any comments???????
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Yep, NTFS is meant for Windows, if that is what you mean with "PC".

GGJstudios said:
FAT32 (File Allocation Table)
  • Read/Write FAT32 from both native Windows and native Mac OS X.
  • Maximum file size: 4GB.
  • Maximum volume size: 2TB
NTFS (Windows NT File System)
  • Read/Write NTFS from native Windows.
  • Read only NTFS from native Mac OS X
    [*]To Read/Write/Format NTFS from Mac OS X: Install NTFS-3G for Mac OS X (free)
  • Some have reported problems using Tuxera (approx 33USD).
  • Native NTFS support can be enabled in Snow Leopard, but is not advisable, due to instability.
  • AirPort Extreme (802.11n) and Time Capsule do not support NTFS
  • Maximum file size: 16 TB
  • Maximum volume size: 256TB
HFS+ (Hierarchical File System, a.k.a. Mac OS Extended)
  • Read/Write HFS+ from native Mac OS X
  • Required for Time Machine or Carbon Copy Cloner backups of Mac internal hard drive.
  • To Read/Write HFS+ from Windows, Install MacDrive
  • To Read HFS+ (but not Write) from Windows, Install HFSExplorer
  • Maximum file size: 8EiB
  • Maximum volume size: 8EiB
exFAT (FAT64)
  • Supported in Mac OS X only in 10.6.5 or later.
  • Not all Windows versions support exFAT. See disadvantages.
  • exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table)
  • AirPort Extreme (802.11n) and Time Capsule do not support exFAT
  • Maximum file size: 16 EiB
  • Maximum volume size: 64 ZiB
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