My thoughts exactly. It sounds like the file system in use is one the mac can't modify, probably ntfs. When you reformat it in disk utility, remember that all the data on the drive will be completely erased.
On 8/5/12, chris hallsworth <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hmmm could you have not formatted it using Disk Utility and set it to use > the Mac OSX file system? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Gibbs" <kevj...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2012 9:11 AM > Subject: SSD external drive for Mac > > > Guys, > I had a very disappointing experience today. I bought a 128GB SSD drive, > only to learn that a Mac could not write to it. It was bad enough that I > couldn't find an SSD drive with FireWire ports, but to find a drive that > could only be written to buy a Windows computer? This was absolutely > unacceptable. Does anyone know of an SSD drive with FireWire ports that can > > be used by a Mac? > Thanks, > Kevin > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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. > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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.
