Macs can read NTFS drives, but they can't write to them. For writing, if this drive will be used between both Windows and Mac, you'll want FAT32. For only Macs, use the Mac OS Extended (journaled) format instead. Note that FAT32 drives cannot handle files larger than 7gb as far as I know.
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 31, 2014, at 19:22, Gabe Griffith <gabrielgriff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > In my opinion yes, it could be a formatting issue with your external drive. I > have a 1tb hard drive that I couldn't copy things to when I first got my mac > but I could with windows computers. I think I ended up having to back > everything from the external hard drive up to my mac's drive and then format > it in something like fat fx or something. If you'd like I can check the > formatting on that drive later but it's upstairs right now so I'm not able to > do it now. > > Gabe > > >> On Dec 31, 2014, at 3:09 PM, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I did open a new window with command-n but I couldn’t seem to move it to >> where I wanted it to be. is command+` different than command+tab? >> >> also the external hard drive I have is rtfs. I haven’t been able to copy >> anything to it. could that be a format issue? I can copy things out of it to >> somewhere else on my computer. >>> On Dec 31, 2014, at 12:27 AM, Gabe Griffith <gabrielgriff...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> If I'm in one drive or folder I use command+n to open a new window. You can >>> then either open another folder on the same drive or another drive. I then >>> use command+` to switch back and forth between the two open folders. You >>> should be able to copy and paste back and forth using the normal copy and >>> paste commands at that point. >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> Gabe >>> >>> fort >>>> On Dec 30, 2014, at 7:59 PM, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have my view set to list because it’s easier to tell where I am. this >>>> requires me to back out of a drive closing windows as I go. is it possible >>>> to have a window open in the drive I’m copying from as well as in the one >>>> I’m copying to? several times I’ve thought I picked up a file and when I >>>> went to drop it in the other drive, nothing copied.it seems to copy from >>>> the hard drive to the Mac but not the other way around. >>>> >>>> I tried to open up a new finder window but it opens on top of my other >>>> window and I can’t navigate init or, using it. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> Lorie >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
