[mac4theblind] Re: renaming an external hd in osx
- From: John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 08 May 2011 17:29:45 -0400
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It seems that if it is NTFS formatted, you can only rename it in Windows.
You might also want to check the permissions on the drive as well. I am going
by some quick Google searches and reading a bunch of Mac Rumors and other forum
posts on the subject.
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On May 8, 2011, at 2:42 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> Nope. it dings. I know I should be able to hit enter on it but here's what
> happens.
>
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1672188/renaming%20troubles.m4a
>
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> Sarah Alawami
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> On May 8, 2011, at 7:47 AM, John Panarese wrote:
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>> You should be able to just hit enter on the drive name in Finder and
>> rename it. It shouldn't ask to reformat. I have done this more than a few
>> times. As long as it is mounted in Finder, it should work.
>>
>> Take Care
>>
>> John D. Panarese
>> Director
>> Mac for the Blind
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>> On May 8, 2011, at 1:11 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>
>>> Hello to all. How do I rename my external hd in osx? pressing enter on it
>>> causes it to ding and I really don't feel like reformatting it.
>>>
>>> thanks.
>>> Sarah Alawami
>>>
>>> If you need an edit done on a small project go to
>>> http://music.marrie.org/master.html for more info. If you need to contact
>>> me my info is below.
>>>
>>> MSN and AIM: marrie12@xxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> website: http://music.marrie.org
>>> Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com
>>> youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125
>>>
>>>
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