I have a Mac Mini running Snow Leopard with an attached external 2TB NTFS drive. This Mac is my HTPC and the external drive holds my movies and pictures and such. The external drive is NTFS because I write changes using my Windows 7 PC. Because the Mac Mini just sits in the living room and is controlled entirely by an iPad, it's a lot easier to make changes by unplugging the drive and taking it into the office. Plus, being NTFS ensures that no idiots will accidentally delete stuff.
However, this isn't my ideal arrangement. Ideally, I'd like to add and remove files to this drive using my Win7 PC without having to physically move it. Here's my preferred setup:
It doesn't have to look exactly like this. I just want the Mac to be read only and the only computer that has R/W is the Win7 PC over the network.
Can anyone help me set this up?
However, this isn't my ideal arrangement. Ideally, I'd like to add and remove files to this drive using my Win7 PC without having to physically move it. Here's my preferred setup:
- External HDD stays plugged into Mac Mini
- HDD is NTFS to protect data
- Data can only be written using Win7 PC
- Win7 PC does all reads/writes over the network
It doesn't have to look exactly like this. I just want the Mac to be read only and the only computer that has R/W is the Win7 PC over the network.
Can anyone help me set this up?