What format is your external drive in? OSX won't natively write to NTFS formatted drives, however it will read them.
Vaughn. On 23/12/2010, at 4:42 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > John, > > That does not work for me. I am trying to create folders at the root of > arthur and when I do command shift n, the smart folder dialogue pops up. > > I then went to my side bar, but every time I vo down after interacting with > it, I pop into the file table area. I have something on here called remote > disk, which I have no idea what it is, and Gary says it looks like the > computer is trying to open that remote disk thing. Command shift n was where > I started all this. First I tried it with Arthur collapsed, and then I tried > it with Arthur expanded. Same results; I keep getting that smart folder > dialogue box. > > Marlaina > On Dec 22, 2010, at 10:26 AM, John Panarese wrote: > > The simplest way I have found to create a new folder is just to use > command shift and the letter n on the place where you want the folder. In > other words, if I want to create a new folder on my external drive in a > folder called, John's Documents, I'd just have John's Documents highlighted > and use the shift command n combination. > > I don't mess much with smart folders or smart mailboxes, but I believe you > can basically set specific requirements as to what these folders or mailboxes > contain. > > > Take Care > > John Panarese > > On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:17 PM, John Sanfilippo wrote: > >> I look forward to this discussion because I have been at this since November >> of 2008 and still need to know these things. >> >> Thanks for asking. >> >> js >> >> >> On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: >> >> Hi all. >> >> I have a USB drive connected to my MBA. I want to make a new folder on that >> drive, which BTW is named Arthur after my canary, but every time I try, the >> only new folder type option I see is new smart folder. I opened that dialog >> box and saw something about search something. First, how do I make a new >> folder on an external drive? Second, what is a smart folder and why do I >> want one? Oh and third, what is a smart mailbox and why do I want one of >> those as well? >> >> Thanks so much! >> >> Marlaina >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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.
