Hi all. I don't normally post but this issue is a little bit strange and since there are so many similar issues (but not quite like this) on the internet i could not search a solution.
The problem I have is that I have an external Harddrive which Ive nearly always had connected to my macbook, now i cant seem to access some files.
Ive been downloading a series of about 87 gigs. Its all been fine, but now it seems that i can open things ive watched up to series 5, but any new episodes just seem not to work.
I click to open a .mkv file and VLC player just hangs for ages, never really responding, computer gets really slow untill i force quit.
I tried to copy the files to my desktop and that also hangs, nothing begins to copy, i didnt leave it longer then 2 minutes but will try that in a bit.
I verified all permissions on my Mac internal HD, still same issue.
I thought it was just external HD issues, so i connected it to my windows laptop...
...now weirdly on the windows i can copy all the files that i couldn't on the mac, and play the said .mkv files with no issues, either directly from the HD or from a copied file on the desktop...
I will open the file from the mac, with VLC again and just leave it this time to see what happens, also will do the same with a file transfer and see if any issues come up.
Here are my specs, thank you any help is appreciated:
MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,5
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP55.00AC.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.47f2
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M:
Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
Type: GPU
Bus: PCI
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0863
Revision ID: 0x00b1
ROM Revision: 3427
Displays:
The problem I have is that I have an external Harddrive which Ive nearly always had connected to my macbook, now i cant seem to access some files.
Ive been downloading a series of about 87 gigs. Its all been fine, but now it seems that i can open things ive watched up to series 5, but any new episodes just seem not to work.
I click to open a .mkv file and VLC player just hangs for ages, never really responding, computer gets really slow untill i force quit.
I tried to copy the files to my desktop and that also hangs, nothing begins to copy, i didnt leave it longer then 2 minutes but will try that in a bit.
I verified all permissions on my Mac internal HD, still same issue.
I thought it was just external HD issues, so i connected it to my windows laptop...
...now weirdly on the windows i can copy all the files that i couldn't on the mac, and play the said .mkv files with no issues, either directly from the HD or from a copied file on the desktop...
I will open the file from the mac, with VLC again and just leave it this time to see what happens, also will do the same with a file transfer and see if any issues come up.
Here are my specs, thank you any help is appreciated:
MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,5
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP55.00AC.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.47f2
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M:
Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
Type: GPU
Bus: PCI
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0863
Revision ID: 0x00b1
ROM Revision: 3427
Displays:
