Altering "sharing and permissions" on the Imac.

blueser

I have a portable hard drive that i want to transfer files to off the mac's HD. Having looked at the help section on the Mac, i realise that the file you want to send has to be "read & write" or "read only" (no problem there), and the location you are transferring the files files to has to be "read & write" or "write only". That is the problem; the portable HD comes up as "You can only read". How do I change that permission to "read & write" or "write only"? I am logged on as admin, but when I follow the advice in the help pages, I get this;


However, in the "get info" window for the portable HD all I can see is this;

There is no sign of my username or the pop up menu for the permission settings. I've tried going through the "system preferences"-"accounts" path as well, but no joy there either re permission settings. Any clues out there? I'm fairly new to the Mac, so an idiot-proof explanation would be appreciated !

john__long

You try reformat the drive for HFS+ ?

PS:

Here!

http://www.ehow.com/how_2063795_format-hard-drive-mac-os.html

blueser

john__long wrote: »

You try reformat the drive for HFS+ ?

PS:

Here!

http://www.ehow.com/how_2063795_format-hard-drive-mac-os.html

You're a legend Mr Long. Worked a treat. Thanks for the link as well; even I could follow it! It must be nice to have brains! By the way, if there are any mods reading this, apologies for posting this in the wrong forum earlier (never saw the specialist Mac thread). Sorry!

john__long

No problemo!