[mac4theblind] Re: Deleting a file from an auxiliary drive.
- From: John Harden <jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 20:53:02 -0400
If I wanted to use a UNIX command on the Mac how would I get under the mountain
lion operating system to do it? I'm not saying I'm going to try to screw things
up that way but just wondering how to do it if I wanted to.
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 15, 2013, at 11:43 AM, Scott Granados <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Remember, the operating system under the pretty graphics is unix so all your
> unix commands apply.
>
> rm filename removes a file
> rm -f file name removes a directory or forces a remove
> rm -rf will remove recursively
>
> to move files around you can also use MV or if you want to preserve
> everything including permissions and user ownership then tar is your friend.
>
> something like
> tar -cf ./* | tar -xf /destination/dir
>
> and so on
>
> lots of good unix resources out there if you need a hand.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> On Oct 14, 2013, at 5:43 PM, John Harden <jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>> Mac for the Blind
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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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