Jim, I would suggest that you re format the drive before using it on your mac. Try formatting it as a fat 32 or if you only use it on a mac, a mac file structure. I'm assuming that you have a drive formatted as an ntfs file structure.
Macs osx will read from ntfs but don't write to them. Simon -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Fettgather Sent: Monday, 20 September 2010 2:25 p.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: My Passport External Hard Drive Hi to the list. I had purchased a My Passport 500 GB external hard drive, when connecting it to the Mac, a message came up asking if i wanted to use Time Machine to back up files. I elected not to use Time Machine but instead to copy and move files manually. However, when I copy files or folders to the clipboard, and open My Passport, paste options are dimmed, in every case. Any suggestions as to what's happening? Thanks a lot. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
