Networking question. USB External Drive.

tweaks · Feb 26, 2009, 02:45 PM

I have a issue with a usb external hooked up to a new imac. I have it all wireless. I can see the computer and the home folder but i cannot see the usb drive. i have the permissions on it set to everybody and everything looks like it should work.....but it doesn't.

Any ideas?

Thanks for any help that you can give me.

millar876 · Feb 27, 2009, 05:36 AM

if the drive is formatted as HFS+ (mac) you should be able to see it on the network, if you can't hit

+i and in the get info window that opens check the sharing box and make sure the permissions are read+wright for all users. IF the drive is formatted as FAT32 (windows / read+wright with mac)or NTFS (windows / read only on mac) then I'm Affraid OSX wont let you share it on the network (out of the box), but thete may be some aftermarket software to enable you to do this.

tweaks · Feb 27, 2009, 06:52 PM

Ahhh it is formatted for fat16. That would explain it. Thanks!

eezing · Mar 2, 2009, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by millar876

if the drive is formatted as HFS+ (mac) you should be able to see it on the network, if you can't hit

+i and in the get info window that opens check the sharing box and make sure the permissions are read+wright for all users. IF the drive is formatted as FAT32 (windows / read+wright with mac)or NTFS (windows / read only on mac) then I'm Affraid OSX wont let you share it on the network (out of the box), but thete may be some aftermarket software to enable you to do this.

Is it even possible to share a HFS+ with a Windows machine? If not, then what is a guy to do?

Feb 26, 2009, 02:45 PM	#1
tweaks macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2008	Networking question. USB External Drive. I have a issue with a usb external hooked up to a new imac. I have it all wireless. I can see the computer and the home folder but i cannot see the usb drive. i have the permissions on it set to everybody and everything looks like it should work.....but it doesn't. Any ideas? Thanks for any help that you can give me.
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Feb 27, 2009, 05:36 AM	#2
millar876 macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2004 Location: Peterhead, Scotland UK	if the drive is formatted as HFS+ (mac) you should be able to see it on the network, if you can't hit +i and in the get info window that opens check the sharing box and make sure the permissions are read+wright for all users. IF the drive is formatted as FAT32 (windows / read+wright with mac)or NTFS (windows / read only on mac) then I'm Affraid OSX wont let you share it on the network (out of the box), but thete may be some aftermarket software to enable you to do this. __________________ 21.5" iMac (late 2009) Mac Mini 2GHz Core2Duo T7200 2GB iPhone 4 16GB (black), iPad 32GB Wi-Fi iPhone 4 16GB (edge) now the wifes
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Feb 27, 2009, 06:52 PM	#3
tweaks Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2008	Ahhh it is formatted for fat16. That would explain it. Thanks!
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