by: arred July 26, 2006 1:38 PM PDT
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Exactly the same
by mrmacfixit 
- 7/26/06 4:00 PM
In Reply to: How to create a new folder in a external hard drive. by arred
Double click on the external drive on the desktop. This should open it up.
Right Click or CTRL + click in the newly opened window and choose New Folder. Give it a name and away you go
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tried that, but....
by arred - 7/26/06 4:09 PM
In Reply to: Exactly the same by mrmacfixit
Hey guys thanks for your answer, I did just that but I get the next options: Get info, Eject new volume, Disable Folder actions, configure folder action, and atach a folder action. I don`t get a "create new folder " option. Also I tried to drag the pictures from mi iphoto to the new hard drive and it tells me that item could not be moved because "new volume" { my external hard drive} cannot be modified. So how do I back up my data? .I formated the drive using windows could that be a problem?
Ahh, that's a NTFS volume?
by R. Proffitt - 7/26/06 4:18 PM
In Reply to: tried that, but.... by arred
You'll want to use a file system compatible to both operating systems.
Bob
should I format again?
by arred - 7/26/06 4:22 PM
In Reply to: Ahh, that's a NTFS volume? by R. Proffitt
So, what do I do next? How can I format the drive in the mac?
Or PC.
by R. Proffitt - 7/26/06 4:24 PM
In Reply to: should I format again? by arred
Try some file system both OSes understand.
Now that all the picture is in
by mrmacfixit - 7/26/06 4:32 PM
In Reply to: should I format again? by arred
You can connect this drive to a PC and format it as FAT or FAT32. Both PC and Mac can read and write to that drive.
If you are not planning on using this drive with a PC, then go ahead and initialise it, using the Disk Utility, into HFS+(Journaled).
A PC cannot read/write this type of format.
The Mac cannot write, but can read, NTFS
Any help?
P
thanks,
by arred - 7/26/06 4:50 PM
In Reply to: Now that all the picture is in by mrmacfixit
I`ll do the same thing, I`ll format it with the Pc, becasue I know how to do it, I have no idea how to do the second option, I`m kind of mac newbie.
Are you going to use it with a PC as well?
by mrmacfixit - 7/27/06 4:53 AM
Instructions of how to format for Mac were in my last post.
However, if you are planning on using this disk with a PC as well as the Mac, format it on the PC.
If, as you say, you are a Mac Newbie, and you do not want to be a Mac Newbie forever, it would behoove you to stop trying to do things the Windows way on your Mac. You will be surprised how easy it is.
Attach the drive. Launch Disk Utility (in the Utility folder) Select your drive in the Left Hand window. Choose the appropriate tab in the Right Hand window and click OK. Takes about 10 seconds to initialize the disk.
By the way, is this disk USB or Firewire?
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Thanks for Hijacking a 7 year old thread
by mrmacfixit - 1/18/13 4:19 PM
In Reply to: new folder on hard drive by jillgrubb
Would have been much better if you had created a new thread instead of dragging this one out of the depths.
When you double click on the icon that represents your external drive, and it opens a "huge list of things", I'm pretty sure that the huge list of things is in a window.
If you had read the thread, you would see that there never was a mention of clicking ON a window, rather the instruction was to click IN the window that opens. Your window happens to contain a whole bunch of things.
Right Click or Control + Click in any of that white space and choose Make New Folder
OK?
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