passport

2012-02-05 Thread william lomas
hi all can i use image scan to take a photo of the front cover of my passport for a job application? i guess sighted people don't need it OCR they just read the image do they? the job application is asking me to attach the scanned document of my passport, the front cover and biom

Re: formatting a my passport western digital hard drive

2011-08-22 Thread Jon Cohn
I believe command line) to prevent >> the Virtual CD Disk from showing up every time you plug it in. >> >> If your budget allows it, I suggest returning the Passport drive and getting >> a firewire capable drive if your computer supports it. The Firewire >> tran

Re: formatting a my passport western digital hard drive

2011-08-21 Thread krystal watson
> slow... > > In any case, try formating using the WD program, and then verifying with Disk > Utility. THere is also a command ( I believe command line) to prevent the > Virtual CD Disk from showing up every time you plug it in. > > If your budget allows it, I suggest ret

Re: formatting a my passport western digital hard drive

2011-08-21 Thread Jon Cohn
believe command line) to prevent the Virtual CD Disk from showing up every time you plug it in. If your budget allows it, I suggest returning the Passport drive and getting a firewire capable drive if your computer supports it. The Firewire transfer rates appear to be better. If you need more

Re: formatting a my passport western digital hard drive

2011-08-20 Thread Sarah Alawami
Ok. Don't verify at the root of the drive. very at the drive name,, example jane doe's music drive lol! If it is dimmed? I don't know. I'm hoping someone with more smarts when I can help you. I don't think the drive is dead and I'm sure hoping not. Take care. On Aug 20, 2011, at 11:11 PM, krys

Re: formatting a my passport western digital hard drive

2011-08-20 Thread krystal watson
verify is dimmed sad smiley On 21/08/2011, at 12:14 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Hmm Can you do a verify disk on that drive to make sure it is not completely > dead? > > Good luck. > On Aug 20, 2011, at 6:00 PM, krystal watson wrote: > >> the error i was getting said can not format last block of

Re: formatting a my passport western digital hard drive

2011-08-20 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hmm Can you do a verify disk on that drive to make sure it is not completely dead? Good luck. On Aug 20, 2011, at 6:00 PM, krystal watson wrote: > the error i was getting said can not format last block of the device i don't > understand this error message then afterwards the mac froze up and it

Re: formatting a my passport western digital hard drive

2011-08-20 Thread krystal watson
the error i was getting said can not format last block of the device i don't understand this error message then afterwards the mac froze up and it took several restarts to get it to boot was very scary On 21/08/2011, at 7:41 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Were you formatting the top section where i

Re: formatting a my passport western digital hard drive

2011-08-20 Thread Sarah Alawami
Were you formatting the top section where it says expanded or the drive name. if the former ou need to go down one row int he disk utility and format the drive name to mac osx exdented journaled. if that is what you want to do. On Aug 20, 2011, at 1:45 PM, krystal watson wrote: > i tried to form

Re: Off Topic; Review: WD My Passport Essential portable hard drive

2011-08-19 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Sorry to be a pain, but Gordon moved this discussion to our other list since it's off topic here. It isn't Apple related. Lynne <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messa

RE: Review: WD My Passport Essential portable hard drive

2011-08-19 Thread Gail the U. S. Male
awami Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 11:59 AM To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Review: WD My Passport Essential portable hard drive Really? I've had nothing but good luck in the 4 years I've used western digital drives. I own 3 of them now actually. Also I don't remember

Re: Review: WD My Passport Essential portable hard drive

2011-08-19 Thread Sarah Alawami
h well. it works. I had a > chance to use one and it was whisper quiet. > > Review: WD My Passport Essential portable hard drive > > The My Passport Essential gives you plenty of hard drive space in a compact > and lightweight device, making it much more convenient to keep you

Re: Review: WD My Passport Essential portable hard drive

2011-08-19 Thread Gordon Smith
drives is that there's always a hidden partition on them which you can't re-format. Horrible! Gordon On 19 Aug 2011, at 16:55, Sarah Alawami wrote: I love these little drives. Wish I had one but ah well. it works. I had a chance to use one and it was whisper quiet. Review: WD M