OS X :: Won't Make Two Hard Drives Show Up As One
Apr 28, 2009Is there any way to make two hard drives on my powermac g4 show up as one?
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Hardware :: How To Make 2 Separate Hard Drives Appear As 1 Single Hard Drive?
Sep 5, 2010I have to hard drives in my powermac. And I am running out of space with the one that has the OS on it.
I want to make the 2 internal hard drives i have appear as one so i can still install and use things that say "must have mac OS installed on this drive to use" or whatever.
i've heard of people using RAID to join them, but i want details on how i could do this.
Intel Mac :: Why Do External Hard Drives No Longer Show Up On Desktop
Jun 22, 2012I have three external harddrives all of which are connected through different ports, all show up in finder, all show up in disk utility, but none of them will show up on my desktop. I looked at a few other posts similar to mine but the answers given to other problems have not worked. There is no way all three of my cords are causing a connection problem and I have repaired and verifyd all the drives and still nothing.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Mac Mini :: Make Slide Show Of Photos In External Hard Drive Without Importing It?
Mar 24, 2012can i make a slide show of my photos in external hard drive without import it
View 1 Replies View RelatedOS X :: Are Solid-state Drives Faster Than Hard Disk Drives?
Sep 13, 2009I'm looking at the specs page for the MacBook Pro and it reads this...
Your MacBook Pro comes standard with a 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive. Choose a hard drive with a faster speed for greater performance. Or you can choose a solid-state drive that offers enhanced durability.
Basically suggesting that the HDD option has a performance advantage over the SSD, but is this the case? I always thought SSDs could read & write quicker because they use solid-state flash memory as opposed to hard disks.
I want to go with the 256GB SSD but I want to know how it ranks in speed.
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Why Won't External Drives Show Up On Desktop
May 20, 2012i have tried going to the disk utilities and remounting my external drives and checked for an option in system prefs, but my external drives (both flash drive and hard drive) just won't show up on my desktop. My computer isn't even a week old!
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Permissions - Drives Do Not Show On Desktop?
May 29, 2012Permissions Problem in Lion: Drives Do Not Show on Desktop I created a new Administrator account in Lion. When I log into this, neither my internal hard drive, nor the two external hard drives, show up on the desktop. I clicked on "Documents" in the dock when logged into this new account to get a window. Here, again the internal HD does not show up.
1) The two external FW drives did show up this way
2) When I click on the various folders in the sidebar (Desktop, Downloads, Movie, Music, Pictures) I get a "the x folder cannot be opened cuz you do not have permissions" type error message.
3) Only "Applications" folder opens in the usual way from this approach.
This problem occurs on both my work and my MBP computers, both of which were just upgraded to Lion.Disk Utility's "Repair Disk Permissions" command successfully completes, but the problem still persists.I'm having several weird program issues (e.g., Photoshop CS3 and FolderSynch do not run) that I think MIGHT be related to this.How did this happen with the upgrade to Lion? Most importantly, how do I fix it and get my permissions back to a normal state?
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Mac OS X (10.6.7)
OS X :: Possible To Make Copies Of Partitions On Other Drives?
Mar 23, 2009Basicly i thought the best way to explain my hard drive layout is with a picture.So thats how its layed out, basicly i want my macbook to be backed up, but then i also want to have certain things stored off the laptop, but i dont want to lose them through a drive faliure. So i want a 250GB partition from one drive to be completly backed up by another 250gb drive. How could i do this? RAID? or some sort of mirror thing? or can u get a back up program that will automatic do it daily? Does time machine do this kind of thing?I aslo dont mind if they are both plugged into the macbook through cables, or the 250gb drive in connected to the 1tb drive, which is then connected to the macbook, like a daisychain?
View 5 Replies View RelatedHardware :: Time Capsules Show No Lights No Spinning Drives And Nothing Else?
Sep 16, 2009http://discussions.apple.com/thread....91667&tstart=0It seems as if Time Capsules from the first batch in March 08 are starting to die of the same symptoms... anyone else having issues with this? My Time Capsule was amazing working great then all of a sudden one day it is turned off and cant get it to power on... no lights, no spinning drives, no nothing... so now i have a big expensive paper weight!... I feel like i have been had.
View 24 Replies View RelatedIMac :: Swapping Hard Drives - Transfer Entire Contents Of Old Hard Drive On To New
Jan 25, 2009I have a Imac 20 with a small 3.5 hard drive and I have bought a bigger 360 gig 3.5 hard drive to replace the old one. I have the new one in an external case with USB 2.0 right now. Is there some way I can transfer the entire contents of the old hard drive on to the new one and then swap out the old drive with the new drive and not miss a beat?
View 6 Replies View RelatedOS X :: Error Messages With External Drives While Disc Cleanup/how Do I Make That Space Available?
Feb 12, 2009so i have been using pc all my life, but now i have a new macbook and ive been downloading a lot of things. the other day an error popped up and said i was running low on disk space... ive been lazy about "reconfiguring my external hard drive for my mac" like the apple employee told me i needed to do, but i decided i should finally do it to free up space on my computer.
i have a seagate external hard drive and i plugged it into my computer and erased everything on it so i could start using it with time machine. after it started backing everything up an error popped up saying that i only have 2.2 MB available.... so on my system preferences i reconfirmed that it says 2.2 MB of 232.9 GB available. this doesnt make any sense because i just wiped my external drive, plus i didnt have much on it to begin with.
so i guess my question is, how do i make that space available?
also, i mainly wanted to back up all of my documents, music, and movies so that i could delete some movies and documents from my computer that i dont need every day and make space for more, but then when i plug my ext hard drive back in to my computer, wont it just mirror my computer with time machine and defeat the purpose of storing things on it because they will just be deleted?
i know im lame, but im really trying to get used to my mac which i know is way easier than im making it out to be.
Applications :: How To Make IChat Show Screen Name
Jan 10, 2009I had to set up my AIM account in iChat again and now within conversations it shows "*REAL NAME*: *text*. Before I reset everything, it would show "*REAL NAME*: *text*. How do I change this back?
View 2 Replies View RelatedMacBook Pro :: Make Devices Show Up On The Desktop?
Jun 24, 2012When I plug ina device, it only shows in the finder and doesn't display an icon on the desktop.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), 15" Retina Display Macbook Pro
OS X :: Make Applications Show Up At Guest Account Dock ?
May 8, 2009I am new to the Mac OS world as i only got a mac one week ago. I'm learning lots of new stuff everyday but can't seem to figure out how to make my applications show up at the Guest Account Dock or even at the Applications folder for that matter.
I got Microsoft Office for Mac and it works fine and all on my User account (admin) but i cant make it show up at the applications folder or at the dock so when someone borrows my laptop for some office editing they have to be logged on my account.
Is there a way to customize the applications that show up on Guest Accounts? Ps: Love my macbook air. It makes me never want to touch another PC laptop again.
Applications :: How To Make A Certain Number Of Songs Only Show Up In A Playlist
Jun 17, 2010I have about a hundred "songs" of comedians telling jokes. The trouble is that these comedians get mixed up in my songs and whenever I shuffle through i always run into one of these comedians.
Is it possible to only have a certain group of "songs" stay in a playlist, away from the full list of songs?
ITunes :: Purchased Several Audio Books CDs - How To Make Them Show Up As One
May 18, 2012Just purchased several audio books by CDs. Since they have several cds, is there a way to import them on to itunes and then have the seen as one album rather than several cds?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
ICloud :: Why Doesn't A ICAl Entry Make On IPhone Show On Mac
Apr 19, 2012When I make an ICal entry on my iphone, it shws on my IPad ok, but not on my Mac.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Intel Mac :: Make Spotlight Show The Directory Location Of A Found File?
May 22, 2012How can I make spotlight show the directory location of a found file?
Previous Mac search engines would show the directory location of a found file. This feature seems to be missing from spotlight in Lion. Am I using it correctly?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Make A Link In An Email That Says Join Us At... But Not Have The Actual URL Show?
May 25, 2012How does one make a link in an email that says join us at... but not have the actual url show? I would do it in the mail>preferences>signatures but I don't see a way.
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Jun 5, 2014How do I make sure my attachments to emails appear as icons and not as open files? Once they appear as open files I can double click and select 'view as icon' but they don't stay that way. When I send or file the email the attachment is usually open again.
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MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
OS X Mavericks :: Make Messages App Show Names And Pictures By Default In Groups
Jun 25, 2014Is there any way to make the Messages app show names and pictures by default in groups? It's kind of annoying to have to set that every time. I'm hoping Yosemite may add this option.
View 3 Replies View RelatedMac Pro :: Two Hard Drives And Two Different OS On One Mac Pro?
Sep 22, 2010I'm hoping someone more knowledgeable than myself can help me out. I have a 2006 Intel-based Mac Pro:
Processor: Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors
Ram: 6GB (two 512MB) of 667MHz DDR2 ECC fully buffered DIMM
HDD Bay 1: 250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s; 7200 rpm; 8MB cache
OSX: Tiger
I need to upgrade to Snow Leopard to be able to use newer Leopard & above only versions of software ie FCP, Aperature, etc.
The issue is that I would like to keep the Tiger OSX as I run Pro Tools LE 7 on it. Upgrading to Snow Leopard would render Pro Tools LE 7 incompatible and I would have to buy it again.
So here's what I'm thinking. I would like to install a secondary HDD in Bay 2 and install Snow Leopard on it.
Is it possible to have OSX Tiger on the HDD in Bay 1 and have OSX Snow Leopard on the HDD Bay 2? Could they each be a different startup to be selected via System Preferences or at bootup? I would only want to run one OS at any given time.
If so what would be a workflow for installing the 2nd HDD and setting it up with OSX Snow Leopard.
Also, compatible hard drives for the 2006 Intel Mac Pros seem to be harder to find now. I called Apple and they no longer sell any compatible internal HDDs.
Mac Pro :: How Do You Have Your Hard Drives Set Up?
Feb 13, 2009I'm planning on getting a Mac Pro with multiple hard drives and was thinking about having a main drive for Leopard and documents, one for music, one for video and another for Windows. I was just curious to see how others have theirs set up and any if there is advice to be shared.
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Nov 25, 2010Got imac G5 just want to know two things .
1 - how many hard drives can you fit into a imac g5 or one of the new imacs.
2- if i want to put a bigger hard drive in can i just put a normal sata one in that you would buy for a pc
Mac Pro :: Hard Drives Larger Than 1 TB?
Jun 1, 2008I would have thought, given the pace of innovation, that we might have had hard drives larger than 1 TB by now. Has anyone heard of any potential rumors?
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Jan 17, 2009Can the Mac Pro take any type of SATA HD or is it restricted to "special" types?
View 2 Replies View RelatedOS X :: Is There A Difference In Mac/pc Hard Drives
Feb 22, 2009Looking at Seagate site, even newegg, the hard drives for mac are incredibly more expensive. I doubt the interface is different, so the only other option is how it is formatted.
If the drive is formatted differently, at an extra cost, I am curious if OSX is capable of formatting externals on its own? Can I buy a standard drive and format it natively in OSX?
I only ask, because after coming from Home Premium, several hardware utilities are non-existent.
Mac Pro :: Hard Drives - Max Size?
May 27, 2009I have a 320GB hdd, and a 1 TB hdd, what's the "biggest" single hdd you can get? is it 2TB? (internal hdd)
My other question is, can I swap content from the 320 to the 1TB, so the 1TB is the primary hdd?
OS X :: Swapping Hard Drives Between Two Mac's
Aug 23, 2009I have a 15" MBP with 256ssd installed and a 13" MBP with a 250gb 5400 drive. I prefer to use the 13" as my main computer and want to take the 256ssd drive from the 15" and put it in the 13". Then take the 250gb drive from the 13" and put it in the 15" How hard is this to do? I've not done something like this before. Since I'm swapping an ssd with a regular hd is it as easy as following the instructions on this forum, remove the screws and swap the drives? After that's done I'll need to overwrite the 15" software and load the OS and drivers for the 13" on to the ssd drive. Is that as simple as taking the restore disk for the 13" put it in the drive and reinstall the OS? Or, should I just take it to the local authorized Apple Dealer and have them do it? (We don't have an Apple store nearby.
View 4 Replies View RelatedOS X :: Itunes Over 2 Hard Drives?
Oct 7, 2009When I was on OS Tiger I had all my iTunes content on an external drive to free space on my iMac, content being 224gig on a 300g external HD. I'm now on Snow Leopard and would like to use the Time Machine facility but it says I don't have enough room to carry out.I still have 224g of iTunes on ext and I have 198g available on a 300g Mac HD. Can I split the iTunes content over the two drives i.e music on one and movies on another? If yes, how? Or, to use Time machine effectively should I look at other options?
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