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leftystrat62 · 12-07-2012, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Emmbeedee

Select the track then go to File, Export.

I did that and it worked as you instructed,but when I drag one of the gps files from my mac desktop into my external hardrive-still NO go??!!!

What am I missing???

EmmEff · 12-07-2012, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by leftystrat62

I did that and it worked as you instructed,but when I drag one of the gps files from my mac desktop into my external hardrive-still NO go??!!!

What am I missing???

Can you drag a "regular" to your external hard drive? Have you ever used this external hard drive with your Mac before? This does not sound like a Basecamp problem, especially if Basecamp successfully exported the file to your desktop.

SnowMule · 12-07-2012, 03:33 PM

Sounds like the disk is NTFS-formatted, in which case windows can read/write to it but Mac mounts it read-only. There's tools to make it writeable.

Dunno if it's like Parallels, but i'd set up a shared folder that mounts like a network or mass storage drive, then export it to that.

Or export it to any FAT32-formatted disk (USB drive, etc).

leftystrat62 · 12-07-2012, 05:12 PM

O'k,so I think I may have transferred pics and music from my mac into my external hard drive( I know I did it with my windows computer),but am not certain. I just successfully down loaded the gps tracks onto a cd disc and then tried to transfer these into my external hard drive-still no go. Any other ideas-thank you for your patience all.

marchyman · 12-07-2012, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by leftystrat62

Any other ideas-thank you for your patience all.

Click once on the icon for your external drive. Hit CMD-I. A window will pop up with some info. In the "General" box will be a line that says

"Format: ???????".

What is the ??????? on your drive? Without knowing that we can't help you much.

EmmEff · 12-07-2012, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by leftystrat62

O'k,so I think I may have transferred pics and music from my mac into my external hard drive( I know I did it with my windows computer),but am not certain. I just successfully down loaded the gps tracks onto a cd disc and then tried to transfer these into my external hard drive-still no go. Any other ideas-thank you for your patience all.

I suspect you transferred them with Windows and as SnowMule mentioned, the drive is formatted as NTFS, which cannot be written on a Mac without additional software. I'd second the suggestion to use a USB thumb drive between Windows and a Mac.

leftystrat62 · 12-07-2012, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by marchyman

Click once on the icon for your external drive. Hit CMD-I. A window will pop up with some info. In the "General" box will be a line that says

"Format: ???????".

What is the ??????? on your drive? Without knowing that we can't help you much.

The format is: Windows NT File System (NTFS)

EmmEff · 12-07-2012, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by leftystrat62

The format is: Windows NT File System (NTFS)

Bingo. You cannot write to that disk format from a Mac without buying additional software. Ether reformat the drive as FAT32 or use a USB thumb drive.

marchyman · 12-07-2012, 07:38 PM

Or, if you are only going to use the drive on a Mac, format it as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)". Keep in mind that you lose all information currently on the drive when you format. Back up anything you want to save, first. To format the drive run Disk Utility.

leftystrat62 · 12-07-2012, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by EmmEff

Bingo. You cannot write to that disk format from a Mac without buying additional software. Ether reformat the drive as FAT32 or use a USB thumb drive.

Is it simple enough to reformat the drive as FAT32,if I do that will that restrict me from only using it with my mac and not my computer with windows? If I do reformat it will I be able to view the rest of the info already on it from either my mac or PC? If I decide to leave that HD as is,I'd like to get another one for my mac,will that mean once I use it -it will then only work with my mac? In the mean time I'll certainly buy a thumb drive. Aside from the storage capacity-are they all pretty much equal? Thanks for all the help from everyone-lot's to learn with computers.

tomatoe333 · 12-07-2012, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by leftystrat62

Is it simple enough to reformat the drive as FAT32,if I do that will that restrict me from only using it with my mac and not my computer with windows? If I do reformat it will I be able to view the rest of the info already on it from either my mac or PC? If I decide to leave that HD as is,I'd like to get another one for my mac,will that mean once I use it -it will then only work with my mac? In the mean time I'll certainly buy a thumb drive. Aside from the storage capacity-are they all pretty much equal? Thanks for all the help from everyone-lot's to learn with computers.

FAT32 will be readable, and writeable, by both the Windows machine and the Mac.

gavmac · 12-07-2012, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by leftystrat62

......If I do reformat it will I be able to view the rest of the info already on it from either my mac or PC?

NO, If you reformat the disk you lose the info already on it.

gavmac · 12-07-2012, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by leftystrat62

.... If I decide to leave that HD as is,I'd like to get another one for my mac,will that mean once I use it -it will then only work with my mac?

If you do get another HD and you format it as FAT32, you will be able to use it on both Mac & Windows. If you format it as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) you will only be able to use it on Mac, not Windows.

leftystrat62 · 12-08-2012, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by gavmac

If you do get another HD and you format it as FAT32, you will be able to use it on both Mac & Windows. If you format it as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) you will only be able to use it on Mac, not Windows.

So if I buy a new HD and plug it into my mac-will it ask me how I want to format it: FAT32 or Mac OS Extended? I'd certainly like to use it between both computers if necessary so FAT32 seems like the better option.

PhilSpace · 12-08-2012, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by leftystrat62

So if I buy a new HD and plug it into my mac-will it ask me how I want to format it: FAT32 or Mac OS Extended? I'd certainly like to use it between both computers if necessary so FAT32 seems like the better option.

Most come formated FAT32, and you can format them using either filesystem using the Disk Utility (Apps/Utility folder).

12-07-2012, 03:33 PM	#1833
SnowMule nope.gif Joined: Jul 2009 Location: I LIVE IN A GIANT BUCKET Oddometer: 16,130	Sounds like the disk is NTFS-formatted, in which case windows can read/write to it but Mac mounts it read-only. There's tools to make it writeable. Dunno if it's like Parallels, but i'd set up a shared folder that mounts like a network or mass storage drive, then export it to that. Or export it to any FAT32-formatted disk (USB drive, etc). __________________ Spewer of the poignant non sequitur

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12-07-2012, 05:12 PM	#1834
leftystrat62 Adventurer Joined: Nov 2009 Location: Little Rhody Oddometer: 966	O'k,so I think I may have transferred pics and music from my mac into my external hard drive( I know I did it with my windows computer),but am not certain. I just successfully down loaded the gps tracks onto a cd disc and then tried to transfer these into my external hard drive-still no go. Any other ideas-thank you for your patience all.

12-07-2012, 07:38 PM	#1839
marchyman Talks to cats Joined: Jun 2005 Location: SF Bay Area Oddometer: 5,392	Or, if you are only going to use the drive on a Mac, format it as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)". Keep in mind that you lose all information currently on the drive when you format. Back up anything you want to save, first. To format the drive run Disk Utility.