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Can't read FireWire HD
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you can see it in Volumes? Does it show the contents? (in which case can you Get Info on it and change the permissions there?) or is it just a dead alias (in which case turn off the external, delete the alias or if it won't let you, reboot and then delete it, and then turn on the external)
I can see the HD mounted on Terminal and Disk Utility, but not with the finder.
When I do an "Info" on Disk Utility it says:
Owners Enabled : No
Can Turn Owners Off : Yes
But there's nothing to change there... I was trying to find a way to change the permissions via Terminal, it currently has:
(d---r-xr-x 10 marcoaki marcoaki 442 Sep 30 15:23 OWC HD)
but I can't figure out the correct command.
When I do an "Info" on Disk Utility it says:
Owners Enabled : No
Can Turn Owners Off : Yes
But there's nothing to change there... I was trying to find a way to change the permissions via Terminal, it currently has:
(d---r-xr-x 10 marcoaki marcoaki 442 Sep 30 15:23 OWC HD)
but I can't figure out the correct command.
If you use Finder > Go menu > Go to Folder... > /Volumes
do you see the alias for the External there? If so you should be able to do a Get Info (Apple-I) on it. I'm not too hot on Terminal sorry.
do you see the alias for the External there? If so you should be able to do a Get Info (Apple-I) on it. I'm not too hot on Terminal sorry.
did you restart with the external disconnected? - that normally "frees" the alias so that you can delete it and then try remounting. If the external is still on/connected, can you Get Info on the alias in /Volumes ? Will it let you change the Owner there (you normally have to click the lock symbol and authenticate with an admin username/password)
similar issue
Sorry to bump up an old thread, Just didn't think this was worth starting a new one.
I'm currently having a very similar problem, I have somehow changed the permissions on an external firewire HD and it won't show up in finder anymore. I have tried doing what people have suggested here, however no matter what I do I can't delete the Alias.
If i disconnect the hard drive, it doesn't appear in the /volumes folder allowing me to delete the alias, and if i leave it connected I'm told I don't have permission to delete the alias. I've tried restarting and all.
Can anyone help? I would be so grateful as the hard drive has all my uni coursework on it!
Andy
Sorry to bump up an old thread, Just didn't think this was worth starting a new one.
I'm currently having a very similar problem, I have somehow changed the permissions on an external firewire HD and it won't show up in finder anymore. I have tried doing what people have suggested here, however no matter what I do I can't delete the Alias.
If i disconnect the hard drive, it doesn't appear in the /volumes folder allowing me to delete the alias, and if i leave it connected I'm told I don't have permission to delete the alias. I've tried restarting and all.
Can anyone help? I would be so grateful as the hard drive has all my uni coursework on it!
Andy
Open new window, keep going up (Keyboard COMMAND-UpArrow) until you see drive, get info, check "ignore permission on this volume".
Thanks for your reply,
do you mean up in the finder window? when I do that, it shows my main HD and a network icon, but the external icon isn't there for me to do anything to..
do you mean up in the finder window? when I do that, it shows my main HD and a network icon, but the external icon isn't there for me to do anything to..