Re: [CGUYS] EXT :Re: [CGUYS] Question re External HDD
Any Windows drive can be read-write on a Mac, including the invisible NTFS drives, using MacFuse and NTFS-3G utilities, available from http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ and http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/. Betty I would win that bet quickly, Mike - as long as the drive format is compatible with Windows, I can connect it to either pc or Mac. Thank you, Mark Snyder In my own experience, it is that simple. All my machines are Windowz based, If you are moving between Mac and Win machines, all bets are off. Mike *** ** THIS LIST HAS MOVED TO YAHOO** ** PLEASE JOIN THE DISCUSSION THERE ** ** Info at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ***
Re: [CGUYS] Question re External HDD
Hi...I have a large external HDD connected to my desktop computer by a USB cable. I would like to use some of the data on the HDD on my Laptop. Can it be as simple as moving the USB cable from one machine to the other or am I missing something major here? If it works that easily, I can envision storing my photos and music on the HDD for use on both of my computers. As always, thanks in advance! Gail Miller Gail Although it's simple to move the USB drive from one computer to another, it's generally not a good idea to do that too frequently. Ports don't last forever, and ports on laptops aren't easy to replace. Yes, you can share the drive among many computers as long as it's formatted as FAT32 [also FAT 16?]. For Macs, sharing works with Samba [smb://--insert path or IP here-- ]. Other solutions are to leave the drive plugged into the desktop PC or hub and share it wirelessly with the laptop. Desktop must be running to share a drive. Better solution is to have a network drive, easy to access with its own IP address from both computers. Problem with using one drive to hold iTunes library for both computers is that the library will be missing when the drive is missing, so you'll have to create two versions of the library on each computer--one with the external drive, one without. Does your broadband modem have a USB port where the drive can be shared? Otherwise you'll need to put a bare drive into a NAS case and share it through a router/modem/switch. Next solution and cheaper than the NAS, could be best choice: get another drive, an extra 2.5-inch notebook drive. I picked up a WD 'My Passport' 500GB drive for $56 in November--it's very good, so far. For around the same price you can get a full-size external 3.5 1TB drive. You can sync both drives, or portions of each, wirelessly. Last solution only works if you have an old iPod. I have a 40GB Toshiba iPod hard drive in a very tiny USB enclosure. Fits in my pocket and is smaller than the Classic iPod. External cases for the 1.8-inch drives are hard to find. Saw some at Amazon a few weeks ago for $12. Can't help with that though. I got mine at w00t.com on a lucky day--drive and enclosure, $25. Betty *** ** THIS LIST HAS MOVED TO YAHOO** ** PLEASE JOIN THE DISCUSSION THERE ** ** Info at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ***
[CGUYS] Question re External HDD
Hi...I have a large external HDD connected to my desktop computer by a USB cable. I would like to use some of the data on the HDD on my Laptop. Can it be as simple as moving the USB cable from one machine to the other or am I missing something major here? If it works that easily, I can envision storing my photos and music on the HDD for use on both of my computers. As always, thanks in advance! Gail Miller *** ** THIS LIST HAS MOVED TO YAHOO** ** PLEASE JOIN THE DISCUSSION THERE ** ** Info at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ***
Re: [CGUYS] Question re External HDD
In my own experience, it is that simple. All my machines are Windowz based, If you are moving between Mac and Win machines, all bets are off. Mike On 3/5/2011 12:22 PM, Gail Miller wrote: Hi...I have a large external HDD connected to my desktop computer by a USB cable. I would like to use some of the data on the HDD on my Laptop. Can it be as simple as moving the USB cable from one machine to the other or am I missing something major here? If it works that easily, I can envision storing my photos and music on the HDD for use on both of my computers. As always, thanks in advance! Gail Miller *** ** THIS LIST HAS MOVED TO YAHOO** ** PLEASE JOIN THE DISCUSSION THERE ** ** Info at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ***
Re: [CGUYS] Question re External HDD
Thanks, Mike. Mine are Windows based -- XP and Windows 7. Thanks for a quick reply!! Best, Gail - Original Message - From: Mike Sloane mikeslo...@verizon.net To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Question re External HDD In my own experience, it is that simple. All my machines are Windowz based, If you are moving between Mac and Win machines, all bets are off. Mike On 3/5/2011 12:22 PM, Gail Miller wrote: Hi...I have a large external HDD connected to my desktop computer by a USB cable. I would like to use some of the data on the HDD on my Laptop. Can it be as simple as moving the USB cable from one machine to the other or am I missing something major here? If it works that easily, I can envision storing my photos and music on the HDD for use on both of my computers. As always, thanks in advance! Gail Miller *** ** THIS LIST HAS MOVED TO YAHOO** ** PLEASE JOIN THE DISCUSSION THERE ** ** Info at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *** *** ** THIS LIST HAS MOVED TO YAHOO** ** PLEASE JOIN THE DISCUSSION THERE ** ** Info at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ***
Re: [CGUYS] Question re External HDD
On 3/5/2011 12:22 PM, Gail Miller wrote: Hi...I have a large external HDD connected to my desktop computer by a USB cable. I would like to use some of the data on the HDD on my Laptop. Can it be as simple as moving the USB cable from one machine to the other or am I missing something major here? If it works that easily, I can envision storing my photos and music on the HDD for use on both of my computers. Yup. It really *is* just that easy. The OS on the laptop will assign the drive it's own drive letter. One thing though, Autoplay will try to figure out what's on the drive, and probably ask you what you want to do. I've always found Take No Action to be the most appealing option. But that may just be me. If you're using iTunes, you can move the library file to the external drive, and use it on both machines. Topic for another thread. *** ** THIS LIST HAS MOVED TO YAHOO** ** PLEASE JOIN THE DISCUSSION THERE ** ** Info at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ***
Re: [CGUYS] EXT :Re: [CGUYS] Question re External HDD
I would win that bet quickly, Mike - as long as the drive format is compatible with Windows, I can connect it to either pc or Mac. Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- In my own experience, it is that simple. All my machines are Windowz based, If you are moving between Mac and Win machines, all bets are off. Mike On 3/5/2011 12:22 PM, Gail Miller wrote: Hi...I have a large external HDD connected to my desktop computer by a USB cable. I would like to use some of the data on the HDD on my Laptop. Can it be as simple as moving the USB cable from one machine to the other or am I missing something major here? If it works that easily, I can envision storing my photos and music on the HDD for use on both of my computers. As always, thanks in advance! Gail Miller *** ** THIS LIST HAS MOVED TO YAHOO** ** PLEASE JOIN THE DISCUSSION THERE ** ** Info at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *** *** ** THIS LIST HAS MOVED TO YAHOO** ** PLEASE JOIN THE DISCUSSION THERE ** ** Info at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ***
