Hi Julie & Adrian, I’ve attached the Tutorial in separate emails to you both “Offlist”.
Cheers, Ronni On 10/03/2011, at 5:14 PM, Julie Bedford wrote: > Hi Ronni, > > I know I'm being cheeky here as it was not my query, but would find your > tutorial really helpful > for the future, and knowing I would have it formatted correctly. > > Cheers > Jewels > > On 10/03/2011, at 4:31 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> Thanks Adrian, >> >> As I mentioned in my previous email re: your External Drive. >> If you are only going to use this external drive on a Mac, you need to >> format it Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and now that we know it is an Intel >> iMac: >> GUID Partition Table - for bootability on Intel-based Macs >> >> Let me know if you want a copy of my Tutorial how to Format & Partition the >> External drive correctly. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> On 10/03/2011, at 4:21 PM, Adrian Stevens wrote: >> >>> Ronda >>> >>> As i said before it is a 10.6.6 iMac intel core i3 >>> >>> Adrian >>> On 10/03/2011, at 8:48 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Adrian, >>>> >>>> As Peter has mentioned, we need to know what OS your are running. >>>> Also is the iMac an Intel or older PPC? >>>> >>>> On 10/03/2011, at 8:30 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 10/03/2011, at 7:01 AM, Adrian Stevens wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Guys, >>>>>> >>>>>> I have finally bought my first iMac! I am pretty familiar with the Mac >>>>>> anatomy but is there any smart tips or shortcuts I might need? >>>>>> >>>>>> Also, if there are any apps or programs that manage homework that would >>>>>> be great (just started high school) >>>>>> >>>>>> And I promise, no more windows questions! >>>>>> >>>>>> I have 2 problems (I know, "thats not like mac!!!"): >>>>>> >>>>>> I have a HP deskjet all-in-one F370 printer (also with scanner and >>>>>> copier). My mac will recognise it as a printer but not a scanner! I have >>>>>> tried downloading drivers, but all it says is "CANNNOT CONNECT TO >>>>>> PRINTER". >>>>> >>>>> What version of Mac OS X are you running? HP seem to have all the current >>>>> drivers (v 10.3) for this device available for Snow Leopard. There may be >>>>> issues with earlier versions. Perhaps someone who has one of these units >>>>> may be able to help. >>>>> >>>>>> My external HDD can be viewed on the mac, but cannot be edited, written >>>>>> over or changed! >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This s most likely because your external drive is probably formatted as >>>>> NTFS. Current versions of Mac OS X can only read NTFS -formatted volumes, >>>>> but cannot write to them without extra help. There are several shareware >>>>> solutions to the problem available. If you Google "ntfs on mac os x" you >>>>> will come up with some answers. You can also go to www.macupdate.com and >>>>> search for "NTFS". One of the more popular choices (and free!) is >>>>> MacFUSE, but there may be better options as well. >>>> >>>> >>>> If you are only going to use this external drive on a Mac, you need to >>>> format it Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and depending whether it is an Intel >>>> or a PowerPC. >>>> GUID Partition Table - for bootability on Intel-based Macs >>>> Apple Partition Map - for bootability on PowerPC-based Macs >>>> >>>> If you wish I can send you “offlist” my Tutorial showing you how to >>>> re-format the drive correctly. >>>> It has screen shots so you can follow the instructions easily. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> >>>> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 >>>> 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm >>>> >>>> OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard >>>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
