Or you can try the 2 programs I use to read and right to ntfs. it is very fast. I coppied about 8 gigs in about 1 hour.
Take care. S On Sep 19, 2010, at 8:48 PM, Andy Baracco wrote: > This may be because out of the box, those drives are formatted for Windows. > You may need to reformat the drive. > > Andy > > > > "I'm pretty good at drinkin beer." > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Fettgather > Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 7:25 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: My Passport External Hard Drive > > Hi to the list. > > I had purchased a My Passport 500 GB external hard drive, when connecting it > to the Mac, a message came up asking if i wanted to use Time Machine to back > up files. > > I elected not to use Time Machine but instead to copy and move files > manually. > > However, when I copy files or folders to the clipboard, and open My > Passport, paste options are dimmed, in every case. > > Any suggestions as to what's happening? > > Thanks a lot. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
