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Re: Noob mac question
White, Peter wrote:
> I've got a 250GB USB2 disk connected to my mini which has all my MP3s
> on it.
> I decided to try to update a lot of the album art, but noticed that
> everything is marked as 'artwork not modifiable'. When I do a Get
Info on
> the drive, it indeed says that it's read only, but doesn't give me the
> option to make it read/write. I'm the only user of the mini, and
> obviously
> (I think) have admin privs. Is there something I can do to make the
disk
> r/w? Oddly, when I try to import a CD I get a 'required folder could
> not be
> found', which I assume is related to the same issue.
Quicksolution:
Apple-I on the USB drive to get info, open the last section "Ownership
&
permission", and tick the "Ignore ownership on this volume".
Proper solution would be to set the ownership and permissions correctly
using Terminal and su to root to run chmod/chown/chgrp...
Jim
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