Hi! It's only been a few days since i've been using iMac, which apparently is like a new world to me so i lack knowledge and experience on how and what to do.
Unfortunately, i was stupid enough to try and make my ext NTFS HDD work by following these instructions:
1. In Terminal, type diskutil info /Volumes/volume_name, where volume_name is the name of the NTFS volume. From the output, copy the Volume UUID value to the clipboard.
2. Back up /etc/fstab if you have it; it shouldn't be there in a default install.
3. Type sudo nano /etc/fstab.
4. In the editor, type UUID=, then paste the UUID number you copied from the clipboard. Type a Space, then type none ntfs rw. The final line should look like this: UUID=123-456-789 none ntfs rw, where 123-456-789 is the UUID you copied in the first step.
5. Repeat the above steps for any other NTFS drives/partitions you have.
6. Save the file and quit nano (Control-X, Y, Enter), then restart your system.
Which can be found here: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20090913140023382
(I missed step Nr. 2 since i didn't know how to do it, stupid me)
Ok, so after rebooting my Mac nothing changed, i was still unable to drag n drop things to the ext HDD. Then i have read the comments on those instructions saying I may meet problems now.
Ok, so before anything horrible happened, I would like to know, what exactly have I done and how can it affect my Mac now? And most important, is there any way I could undo all the changes or just fix this?
I greatly appreciate any help and I know I should have thought twice between doing such things.
P.S Since now i will have to reformat my ext HDD to make it work on Mac, i shall ask BEFORE doing anything:
Is this safe and should i be doing this? http://www.techiecorner.com/159/how-to-format-external-hard-disk-for-mac-and-windows/
Unfortunately, i was stupid enough to try and make my ext NTFS HDD work by following these instructions:
1. In Terminal, type diskutil info /Volumes/volume_name, where volume_name is the name of the NTFS volume. From the output, copy the Volume UUID value to the clipboard.
2. Back up /etc/fstab if you have it; it shouldn't be there in a default install.
3. Type sudo nano /etc/fstab.
4. In the editor, type UUID=, then paste the UUID number you copied from the clipboard. Type a Space, then type none ntfs rw. The final line should look like this: UUID=123-456-789 none ntfs rw, where 123-456-789 is the UUID you copied in the first step.
5. Repeat the above steps for any other NTFS drives/partitions you have.
6. Save the file and quit nano (Control-X, Y, Enter), then restart your system.
Which can be found here: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20090913140023382
(I missed step Nr. 2 since i didn't know how to do it, stupid me)
Ok, so after rebooting my Mac nothing changed, i was still unable to drag n drop things to the ext HDD. Then i have read the comments on those instructions saying I may meet problems now.
Ok, so before anything horrible happened, I would like to know, what exactly have I done and how can it affect my Mac now? And most important, is there any way I could undo all the changes or just fix this?
I greatly appreciate any help and I know I should have thought twice between doing such things.
P.S Since now i will have to reformat my ext HDD to make it work on Mac, i shall ask BEFORE doing anything:
Is this safe and should i be doing this? http://www.techiecorner.com/159/how-to-format-external-hard-disk-for-mac-and-windows/
