[mac4theblind] Re: external hard drive conversion
- From: John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:29:39 -0500
If you have it so external drives show up on the desktop, you can do a
command-i on it and the Get info window will show you. You can also find out
in Disk Utility by selecting the volume from the table and doing a command-i.
Take Care
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On Jan 22, 2013, at 12:37 PM, Kerri <shalom75@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> How do I assertion if this drive is in FAT32? I was told once but am going
> senile.
> On 2013-01-22, at 7:08 AM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> You can use a FAT32 formatted drive with a Mac. It is a read/write format
>> supported in Mac OS X. It just can't be used as a Time Machine destination
>> or a format for a system volume. The only point to remember is that if you
>> save Mac files to it and then use the drive in Windows, you might see some
>> of the typically invisible files hidden in Mac OS X, which will start with
>> underscore and a period.
>>
>> Take Care
>>
>> John D. Panarese
>> Director
>> Mac for the Blind
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>> On Jan 22, 2013, at 9:39 AM, Scott Davert <scottslistmail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there any way to not lose my data on an exteranal HD and use it on
>>> a Mac with something that is currently formatted in fat 32?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> On 1/22/13, Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Is the drive showing up in disk utility? If so, go into disk utility and
>>>> select it and find out what kind of partition it has. You may have to
>>>> select
>>>> the "partition tab to show this. But don't do any repartitioning if there
>>>> is
>>>> stuff on the drive you need to keep because repartitioning will erase
>>>> everything. I think what David means by "what is the history" is "what kind
>>>> of computer was it being used on before" and "what does it now have on it?"
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cheryl
>>>>
>>>> May the words of my mouth
>>>> and the meditation of my heart
>>>> be acceptable to You, Lord,
>>>> my rock and my Redeemer.
>>>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 22, 2013, at 8:03 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> what is the history of the drive?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 21, 2013, at 11:15 PM, Kerri <shalom75@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello, all. I have an external hard drive onto which I cannot copy files
>>>>> from the mac, nor can I copy from the drive to the mac. What do I require
>>>>> to make this drive readable? Thanks and have a great day.************
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