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connect ext. HD to Macbook problem
Name: shoefactory Date: January 8, 2009 at 04:57:20 Pacific OS: OSX 10.4.11 CPU/Ram: Intel Core Dual/1GB Product: Apple / Macbook pro 1,1 Subcategory: Hardware Problems
Comment:
When I connect my external Harddrive "Lacie 160GB" to the Macbook, I can double click it and a folder opens up. But as soon as I copy any files to it, it will not open to show content of drive. The drive was formatted FAT32 using the Mac.
The icon on the desktop for this drive is orange, where as my flash drive icon is gray. I can plug this external HD into my Vista PC or my older G4 desktop and it sees it fine? Any help or ideas to get this to work with the Macbook Pro. Thanks
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