[mac4theblind] Re: Deleting a file from an auxiliary drive.
- From: John Harden <jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 17:43:18 -0400
Hi all,
I used to be somewhat of a commandline expert but that was back in the days of
DOS. Anybody remember DOS? I did go to the drive and copied all the books back
to the Mac. That went quite smoothly. If I had to reformat the drive I really
wouldn't lose anything as long as the Mac kept running. It has the Time Machine
backups on it. If I did format the drive what would I do different lady to
prevent having these problems in the future?
John Harden
Quality Brailler Repair LLC
For professional Perkins Braille Writer repair.
386-238-5871
jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx
145 N. Halifax Ave. #605
Daytona Beach, FL 32118
On Oct 13, 2013, at 10:13 PM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It won’t work with the Windows computer because it is Mac formatted. You
> would need a third party Windows app to read it on the PC.
>
> I think you can probably try making yourself root and seeing if you can
> do anything with the drive. Short of that, you would have to change the
> formatting, which would end up erasing the drive entirely. There may be some
> terminal methods to try to delete the files via command line, but I am not a
> command line expert.
>
>
> Take Care
>
> John D. Panarese
> Director
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> On Oct 13, 2013, at 9:35 PM, John Harden <jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> When I bought this drive it was advertised as working with both Windows and
>> Mac. The truth of the matter is however the windows computer will not
>> recognize it at all. Do you know at this point what I can do with it or do
>> you need more information?
>>
>> John Harden
>> Quality Brailler Repair LLC
>>
>> For professional Perkins Braille Writer repair.
>>
>> 386-238-5871
>> jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx
>> 145 N. Halifax Ave. #605
>> Daytona Beach, FL 32118
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 13, 2013, at 8:47 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> John P,
>>>
>>> Is there a way given what you know to make the drive writable? perhaps
>>> root user could do it?
>>>
>>> On Oct 13, 2013, at 7:20 PM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> I noticed in the other information you provided that the disk was
>>> formatted in OS Extended Journaled Case Sensitive. Is there any reason why
>>> case sensitive was done? That is usually done for servers or for very
>>> specific reasons.
>>>
>>> Also, I missed the start of this thread. You cannot delete files? Is
>>> there an error message that shows up?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Take Care
>>>
>>> John D. Panarese
>>> Director
>>> Mac for the Blind
>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>
>>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX Mountain Lion and LION
>>>
>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>>>
>>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 13, 2013, at 6:46 PM, John Harden <jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The disk shows up twice in disk utility. Here is the information on the
>>>> other time it shows up. I don't know why a disk shows up twice or if
>>>> there's a difference in the two bits of information.
>>>> Disk Description : Seagate Backup+ BL Media Total Capacity
>>>> : 1 TB (1,000,204,885,504 Bytes)
>>>> Connection Bus : USB Write Status : Read/Write
>>>> Connection Type : External S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not
>>>> Supported
>>>> USB Serial Number : NA5A5D9W Partition Map Scheme : GUID
>>>> Partition Table
>>>>
>>>> John Harden
>>>> Quality Brailler Repair LLC
>>>>
>>>> For professional Perkins Braille Writer repair.
>>>>
>>>> 386-238-5871
>>>> jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>> 145 N. Halifax Ave. #605
>>>> Daytona Beach, FL 32118
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 13, 2013, at 2:20 PM, Edward Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> With your drive connected, go to Disk utility located in the utilities
>>>>> folder inside your applications folder. you can get details of the HD
>>>>> including the partitions used. if NTFS is shown, then initially you have
>>>>> a problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> you can push data to an NTFS drive but you can't modify, erase or mount.
>>>>> so you will need a product like Tuxera NTFS or Paragon NTFS for mac which
>>>>> are reasonably cheap. these work as driver / volume support tools.
>>>>>
>>>>> if the drive is set as Macintosh OS X extended journaled, you may be
>>>>> experiencing a volume error. if you can find out for us what your drive
>>>>> is formatted as, then we can continue from there.
>>>>>
>>>>> lew
>>>>> Moderator / Support
>>>>>
>>>>> On 13 Oct 2013, at 18:56, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> John,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It sounds like there is a problem with writing to the drive. this
>>>>>> happens if the drive is ntfs. You can investigate this issue by finding
>>>>>> the drive on the desktop and pressing either vo-m m to bring up the
>>>>>> shortcut menu for the drive and pressing enter on the get info item (be
>>>>>> warned, this can lock op your system), or directly press command-i to
>>>>>> get info.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 13, 2013, at 1:37 PM, John Harden <jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried both methods and neither of them worked. Again I locked the
>>>>>> machine up and doing force quit to get out.
>>>>>> John Harden
>>>>>> Quality Brailler Repair LLC
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For professional Perkins Braille Writer repair.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 386-238-5871
>>>>>> jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> 145 N. Halifax Ave. #605
>>>>>> Daytona Beach, FL 32118
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 13, 2013, at 8:57 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman
>>>>>> <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> try command-shift delete. I know this seems somewhat counter intuitive
>>>>>>> but it may work.
>>>>>>> you can also try a copy and move item to here which is
>>>>>>> command-option-v. once the item has been transferred to the mac, it
>>>>>>> should be easily deleetable.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Oct 13, 2013, at 8:51 AM, John Harden <jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I copied my NLS books folder to my Seagate external USB drive. Now that
>>>>>>> I have read one of the books I want to delete it from the Seagate
>>>>>>> drive. I found it and pressed command delete and got a message saying
>>>>>>> preparing filename for deletion. After about an hour and no progress I
>>>>>>> aborted the deletion with quite a bit of trouble doing so. Because I
>>>>>>> had so much trouble with it I don't want to go back and try it again
>>>>>>> until hearing from someone on this list. Is there something I should do
>>>>>>> other than just find the book and press command delete? Any help will
>>>>>>> be appreciated.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> John Harden
>>>>>>> Quality Brailler Repair LLC
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For professional Perkins Braille Writer repair.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 386-238-5871
>>>>>>> jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> 145 N. Halifax Ave. #605
>>>>>>> Daytona Beach, FL 32118
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> John Harden
>>>>>>> Quality Brailler Repair LLC
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For professional Perkins Braille Writer repair.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 386-238-5871
>>>>>>> jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> 145 N. Halifax Ave. #605
>>>>>>> Daytona Beach, FL 32118
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Jonnie Appleseed
>>>>>>> With His
>>>>>>> Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
>>>>>>> touching the internet
>>>>>>> Reducing Technology's disabilities
>>>>>>> One Byte At a time
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Jonnie Appleseed
>>>>>> With His
>>>>>> Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
>>>>>> touching the internet
>>>>>> Reducing Technology's disabilities
>>>>>> One Byte At a time
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jonnie Appleseed
>>> With His
>>> Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
>>> touching the internet
>>> Reducing Technology's disabilities
>>> One Byte At a time
>>>
>>
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