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• How can I change the permissions for an external hard drive?

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• I get a message that I need administrator permissions when I try to copy from drive C on my external hard drive. I'm Adim on the computer. ?

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  Hello

  1 have had any changes made to your computer before this problem?

  I suggest you try the steps mentioned below and check if it helps:

  What are the permissions?

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/what-are-permissions

  "Access denied" or other errors in the access to or work with files and folders in Windows

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2623670

  Hope this information is useful.

• Library of photos on external hard drive: not possible repair

  Hello world

  Today, when I tried to open my library of Photos, Photos crashed. After I have reopened, Photos asked that the library must be repaired. I started who, but after 2%, Photos crashed with "an unexpected error has occurred." A restart does not solve this problem. I still can't view the contents of the library package.

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  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:22, photolibraryd 504 [1483]: failed to open the library Fotos Library.photoslibrary error: Domain = com.apple.lithium error Code = 303 '(null) '.

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:28, photolibraryd 720 [1483]:-[NSNull integerValue]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7fff797dc780

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:28, photolibraryd 722 [1483]: * reason for termination due to an untrapped exception "NSInvalidArgumentException" app,: '-[NSNull integerValue]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7fff797dc780'

  First throw call stack:

  (

  0 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff993b5ae2 __exceptionPreprocess + 178

  1 libobjc. A.dylib 0x00007fff955be73c objc_exception_throw + 48

  2 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff993b8b9d-[NSObject (NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 205

  3 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff992f1601 ___forwarding___ + 1009

  4 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff992f1188 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 120

  5 photolibraryd 0x000000010411f2ff _ZNSt3__114__split_bufferINS_4pairINS_10shared_ptrIN2Li6Sqlite9StatementEEEU8__ strongP31LiServiceSqliteNoteBufferReaderEERNS_9allocatorISA_EEED2Ev + 164451

  6 photolibraryd 0x000000010409a414 _ZNSt3__16__treeINS_12__value_typeImNS_4pairIU8__strongP16LiSearchKitIndexU8__s trongP8NSStringEEEENS_19__map_value_compareImSA_NS_4lessImEELb1EEENS_9allocatorI SA_EEE4findImEENS_15__tree_iteratorISA_PNS_11__tree_nodeISA_PvEElEERKT_ + 13196

  7 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff9b17933f _dispatch_client_callout + 8

  8 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff9b17a926 _dispatch_barrier_sync_f_invoke + 74

  9 photolibraryd 0x000000010409a34f _ZNSt3__16__treeINS_12__value_typeImNS_4pairIU8__strongP16LiSearchKitIndexU8__s trongP8NSStringEEEENS_19__map_value_compareImSA_NS_4lessImEELb1EEENS_9allocatorI SA_EEE4findImEENS_15__tree_iteratorISA_PNS_11__tree_nodeISA_PvEElEERKT_ + 12999

  10 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff9b18692e _dispatch_data_apply + 110

  11 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff9b18b44e dispatch_data_apply + 31

  12 photolibraryd 0x000000010409a114 _ZNSt3__16__treeINS_12__value_typeImNS_4pairIU8__strongP16LiSearchKitIndexU8__s trongP8NSStringEEEENS_19__map_value_compareImSA_NS_4lessImEELb1EEENS_9allocatorI SA_EEE4findImEENS_15__tree_iteratorISA_PNS_11__tree_nodeISA_PvEElEERKT_ + 12428

  13 photolibraryd 0x000000010414334d _ZNSt3__114__split_bufferINS_4pairINS_10shared_ptrIN2Li6Sqlite9StatementEEEU8__ strongP31LiServiceSqliteNoteBufferReaderEERNS_9allocatorISA_EEED2Ev + 311985

  14 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff9b199c0b ___dispatch_operation_deliver_data_block_invoke + 118

  15 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff9b184871 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 12

  16 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff9b17933f _dispatch_client_callout + 8

  17 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff9b17df6f _dispatch_queue_drain + 754

  18 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff9b18463b _dispatch_queue_invoke + 549

  19 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff9b17cc87 _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 538

  20 0x00007fff9b17ca34 _dispatch_worker_thread3 + 91 libdispatch.dylib

  21 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff9319468f _pthread_wqthread + 1129

  22 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff93192365 start_wqthread + 13

  )

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:28, 723 diagnosticd [134]: error assessment process info - pid: 1483, puniqueid: 1483

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:28, com.apple.xpc.launchd [1 724]: (com.apple.photolibraryd [1483]) Service was released due to the signal: Abort trap: 6

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:28, 725 Photos [1785]: error: Domain error Code = com.apple.reddwarf = 504 UserInfo = {XPC = connection down, NSLocalizedDescription = RDErrorServiceCommandNotProcessed} "RDErrorServiceCommandNotProcessed" while trying to open the Library.photoslibrary Fotos

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:28, 742 Photos [1785]: file:///Volumes/MusicPhotos/Fotos/Fotos%20Library.photoslibrary/ lost connection

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:28, com.apple.xpc.launchd [1 752]: (com.apple.ReportCrash [1791]) endpoint has been activated through legacy launch (3) API. Please go to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.ReportCrash

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:29, ReportCrash 190 [1791]: report of incidents recorded for photolibraryd [1483] version 1.3 (350.23.0) to/Users/andrefischer/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/photolibraryd_2015-12-22-193 929_Fischi.crash

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:32, 586 pictures [1785]: connection to the lost storage engine. Recognized user exit.

  Dienstag, 22.12.15 19:39:32, com.apple.xpc.launchd [1 608]: (com.apple.Photos.9632 [1785]) Service came out with abnormal code: 1

  Here is my system information:

  MacBook Air 13 "mid 2012, El Capitan 10.11.2, Intel Core i7 2 GHz, 8 GB of RAM

  I'm not quite desperate, because I'm having several backups of the library (only a few images are not yet backed up). However, also in the interest of others less fortunate that me regarding backups, I would like to know

  (1.) what is the cause of this unexpected behavior

  (2.) what can be done to remedy this.

  Thank you very much in advance, any help is appreciated.

  How the EHD are formatted?  It must be formatted for OS X Extended (journaled) preferable with the property set to be ignored:

  

  You have a backup copy of the library just before this problem started?

  

• Access denied for backup external hard drive

  Hello

  I can not access my old files stored on an external hard drive Maxtor. It gives me an access denied error.

  I tried what you posted in another forum.

  Here are the steps to change the ownership and permissions:

  • 1. Right-click on the file or folder, click Properties , and then click the Security tab.
    2. Click Advanced , and then click the owner tab.
    3. Click Edit , and then do one of the following:

  ·         To change the owner to a user or group that is not listed, click other users and groups , in area enter the object name to select (examples) , type the name of the user or group, and then click OK .

  ·         To change the owner to a user or group that appears in the area of change of ownership to , click the new owner.

  4. If you want to take ownership of the contents of the folder, select the check box Replace owner of subcontainers and objects .

  5. click OK and then click Yes when you receive the following message is displayed:

  You are not allowed to read the contents of directory folder_name . Do you want to replace the the directory permissions with permissions granting you full control?

  All permissions will be replaced if you click Yes .

  Note folder_name is the name of the folder you want to take charge.

  6. click on OK and then reapply the permissions and security settings that you want for the folder and its contents.

  Additional considerations

  • • An administrator can take ownership of any file on the computer.
    • Affecting the ownership of a file or a folder might require that raise you your permissions using user access control.

  I got a laptop with Windows XP and these files have been backed up with XP as my operating system. Then I changed my laptop with Vista and cannot access files - they are just NTO open!

  Help, please!

  Hi Tdhar...  Are you able to take control by following the steps listed on the Web site below

  I take possession of the ROOT of the hard drive external and let it spread down through all the folders/subfolders and files...

  http://www.vistarevisited.com/2008/01/09/how-to-take-ownership-of-a-file-or-folder-in-Vista/

  Phreak_89

• Transfer data to external hard drive from XP to Vista

  How would I be able to transfer data from a XP hard drive (which is in an external case) on my new laptop with Windows Vista? Please let me know. Thank you very much.

  original title: I have a XP hard drive in an external case, and I would like to transfer the data on Windows Vista.

  There are several options:

  External drive is already connected via USB?  Your new computer sees the old disk when you open Explorer?  Is the drive external HARD in the format identical to the new machine Vista (probably NtfS)?  If this isn't the case, you must first convert the external hard drive to NTFS.  http://technet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb456984.aspx (although written for XP, it works with Vista as well).

  If so, create a new folder on the new disc called 'From Old Computer'. Go to the old drive. Now * COPY * ("hold") the files to the new folder that you created. After getting everything copied on you can turn off the computer and unplugging the old drive to protect its content - where everything is not going according to plan.

  Now you can take your time by placing the files copied, where you want that they finally reside on your new computer.

  If you have problems with 'Access denied', follow these steps on the external drive of the new computer:

  In Explorer, right-click on the drive in question and select Properties

  On the Security tab, click Advanced
  On the owner tab
  Select you realize if it isn't already and
  Check "Replace owner of subcontainers and objects".
  Click OK twice (close all dialog boxes)

  Defines you as the owner of every folder and file on the disk

  In Explorer, right-click on the drive in question and select Properties

  On the Security tab, add your account if it is not already there and set full access
  Click on apply
  Click on advanced
  Check "Replace permission on the child all the objects with...» »
  Click on apply

  If you do not see a Security tab, then turn off Simple file sharing (you may need to do in reconnedcting the count to the old XP machine - I'm not sure that this can be done through the new computer).  To do this, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881.  The same may be true if the nets and records are password protected (although using a different procedure to remove the password to protenctio similar to what lets you add it iin the first place.)

  If you have problems setting up the permissions or ownership on the disk external drive files and folders, some information here that might help:

  To view your permissions, right-click on the file/folder, click Properties, and check the Security tab.  Check the permissions you have by clicking on your user name (or group of users).  Here are the types of permissions, you may have: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/What-are-permissions.  You must be an administrator or owner to change the permissions (and sometimes, being an administrator or even an owner is not sufficient - there are ways to block access (even if a smart administrator knows these ways and can move them - but usually should not because they did not have access, usually for a very good reason).)  Here's how to change the permissions of folder under Vista: http://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-vista/set-file-folder-permissions-vista/.  To add take and the issuance of right of permissions and ownership in the right click menu (which will make it faster to get once it is configured), see the following article: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/05/21/take-and-grant-full-control-permissions-and-ownership-in-windows-7-or-vista-right-click-menu/.

  To resolve this problem with folders, appropriating the files or the drive (as an administrator) and give you all the rights.  Right-click on the folder/drive, click Properties, click the Security tab and click on advanced and then click the owner tab.  Click on edit, and then click the name of the person you want to give to the property (you may need to add if it is not there--or maybe yourself). If you want that it applies to subfolders and files in this folder/drive, then check the box to replace the owner of subcontainers and objects, and click OK.  Back and now there is a new owner for files and folders/player who can change the required permissions.  Here is more information on the ownership of a file or a folder: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67717-take-ownership-file.html.  To add take ownership in the menu of the right click (which will make it faster to get once it is configured), see the following article: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/add-take-ownership-to-explorer-right-click-menu-in-vista/.

  =================================================================================================================

  If the external hard drive is not USB but IDE instead, here is an article on two methods that work for transfer: http://www.wikihow.com/Transfer-Data-Between-Two-Hard-Drives.

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  I realide what follows is not what you asked, but if it is still possible, it might be a better solution than moving the data to the external hard drive.

  If the external hard drive has only the data and you want to transfer settings and data (and perhaps even of programs if they are compatible with Vista) from the old XP machine (if it is always present and contains information on the new computer (which is better because it also transfers your program and other parameters (and maybe your programs) as well as the data (or you can ignore the data if it is the same which is))) already on the external drive))), then use the transfer tool.  Here's how: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Migrating-Vista-using-Windows-Easy-Transfer.html#.  This is how I do the trasfer if I had to do it because it makes the implementation of the new computer much easier and faster.

  Here is another article on how to transfer data and settings from an XP machine to a new Vista computer using an external hard drive (although it discusses other methods as well): http://www.digitaltrends.com/how-to/how-to-transfer-your-data-from-xp-to-vista/

  Jere het another article on the use of Transsfer easy to pass data or parameters (and perhaps programs) from a XP computer to a Vista computer: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial138.html

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  I hope this helps.  If you have questions or problems on the way, do not forget to post back and get help.  It is best to do things right the first time.  And even once, I highly recommend using Easy Transfer (although this is not how you setup at the moment) for the transfer to get the new computer up and running much faster and easier.  The decision is yours.

  Good luck!

  Lorien - MCSA/MCSE/network + / has + - if this post solves your problem, please click the 'Mark as answer' or 'Useful' button at the top of this message. Marking a post as answer, or relatively useful, you help others find the answer more quickly.

• Clean install of windows 7, now I have no permission to copy on external hard drive.

  I have a HP media center 2005 office which originally had XP on it. I bought an upgrade Windows 7 years and installed and never had a problem. Two weeks ago I reformatted my computer to get rid of a redirect virus, and everything seems to work perfectly except for one thing: my C: drive and both of my external hard drives, K:, and M: require administrator privileges to copy/paste/modify anything.
  When I did a clean install it automatically gives me an admin account.

  My question is, what can I do to change the permissions and security settings, while I have a total control over EVERYTHING. I recently tried video file on my external drive and he told me that I needed permissions and click ok to try. But he did nothing.

  I want access to all of my files. Drive C and the two external. I noticed that the security options when I consult my files or directories where showing these accounts:

  SYSTEM
  Josh (Josh-PC\Josh)
  Administrators (Josh-PC\Administrators)
  Everyone

  and I was getting a SID that is long enough

  There are a lot of files, but one in particular that made me on this hunting witch was changing my user profile file in Firefox. I did a clean install and wanted to change the shortcut menu in firefox, but also a few other settings.
  This just happened to reside in C:/documents and settings /

  The recipe is the same as before: take ownership of the problem folder. It make recursive so that you don't need to treat each case separately.

• No access to an external hard drive

  So I plugged my external hard drive in my macbook to move some files on it but it says "the disk you inserted is not readable by this computer." I clicked on initialize and he said: the hard drive is uninitalised and Mont and partition are grayed out. I ran the option of first aid, but he only said: the operation completed successfully. I am aware of that my external hard drive works because it is blue is lit and I used it a few days ago and it worked fine. I also plugged into another usb key I have and it works perfectly.

  Is there anyway for me to access my files on the external hard drive? I really don't want to lose my photos and files!

  The external hard drive is a tough drive 320 freecom.

  the light means power can get to the case, not the drive past any integrity checking. If the drive is older it may break or it could have been failure, or requires 3rd party software to allow full access, if it is NTFS formatted for windows and you use it on a mac.

  If you do not backup your data may be missing. If you start the boot disk process, you have already started to remove the files and more you try using that drive less whatever it is (if any) can be recovered.

  Freecom offers guarantees of 3 years on their mechanical hard drives but offers no guarantee with recovery of lost data (no company only)

  http://www.Freecom.com/warranty

  If your player is longer than 3 years its not rare that its failure and should be replaced with a new unit.

  In the meantime, you can try a 3rd party solution such as Disk Warrior or rescue for Mac to see if something can be saved, but still no service company forensic or data will always claim that they can do it with any degree of certainty to recover your data.

• Can I use time capsule as external hard drive?

  Can I use time capsule as external hard drive so that I can access a file or a specific folder by searching for its name?

  A TC is now and for always player network... no external. So there are limits to its use.

  If you are multitasking your TC with Time Machine and then using a DMG file as a virtual drive is better than directly copy files... However sharing becomes impossible. One person at a time can open the DMG.

  See pondini. T3 http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html

  Old but still interesting to read.

  You can certainly create a folder on the TC and copy your files on it, and then perform a search. Research is slow on wireless is so the speed of transfer of large files. With the help of ethernet is certainly encouraged to desktop computers.

  Sharing folders on the TC is also now more difficult with increasing security at El Capo and OS later. You do not create on the computer records are not available. And even the ones you create can occasionally and autonomous change permissions (since the TC controls drive not the computer), you lock your own files on... I answer these questions once a week.

  Not all software on Mac supports using network drives. The most difficult is photos that can corrupt the library due to disconnections... which are the most common wireless. Be warned backups are important and not easy to do because of the slowness of the USB port on the TC and you end up really need to another location on the network for backup on.

  Generally, I advise the people not not to use the TC for direct files... That is to say, if you edit a document, make sure that it is on a local drive... When you have finished the document, you can copy it to the network drive and delete the local version. Easy for... not so easy documents for photos with major libraries.

  A TC cannot save itself and Time Machine backup impossible network drives... This means that no backup will be your files in the TC, unless you take the initiative and do it.

• Drive external hard drive does not appear under "devices."

  Hello

  I just updated my OS to Sierra of MacOS. I have connected my external hard drive (HDD) and it does not appear under "Devices" in my Finder window. It worked fine before the update.

  I use a MacBook Pro (end of 2013), currently running MacOS Sierra (Version 10.12). My external HARD drive is a SeaGate Slim SL Media (500 GB).

  The external HARD disk appears in disk utility application. He also appears on the about this Mac > system report > USB. I don't know what the problem is, the external HARD disk is identified but does not appear for use in the Finder window.

  I read that it could possibly be in mode 'sleep' and putting the MacBook to sleep (while it is plugged into the external HARD drive) and it to wake up again should solve the problem. However, it did not work. No more restarting my MacBook. It was mentioned in another post that it may require extra power, so I attached power adapter and again, without success.

  I do not want to clear the contents of the external HARD drive.

  Is there a way to get my external HARD drive works as expected with my MacBook?

  Thank you much in advance.

  I also have this problem.

  My camera is Macbook Pro 13 "retina 2015 and Seagate Backup more 1 TB (NTFS - Paragon NTFS)

  * Edit *.

  

  My HDD show in report system > hardware > USB

  but it does not show in Finder or Desktop.

• Why my external hard drive cannot be mounted or viewd by a Macbook

  Hello

  I can't see my HD exertenal from the finder.

  I do not have G-Tech HD and I use with TimeMachine. This HD has two partitions.

  The first is used for the backup with Time Machine, a macbook air, and the second partition is used to back up a macbook pro with Time Machine.

  It worked fine until I look in the external hard drive (partition macbook). Now, it is not possible to mount the external hard drive. From the Finder, I see no partition eighter the first or the second.

  I plugged it in an another mAcbook air and no way to see inside the external hard drive.

  Howerver, I pluggged in a 14.04 ubuntu and I was able to navigate through the external hard drive

  Why can I see the contents of the external HD with a ubuntu n not with a Macbook?

  And how can I solve this problem?

  See you soon

  Stone

  El Capitan has permissions configuration much tighter than earlier versions of Mac OS X and it can become a problem to open files from a different computer. You need to tell us what OS you are running on all computers.

  I suspect that Ubuntu is having no problem because it does not under the same restraint of permissions.

  It worked fine until I look in the external hard drive (partition macbook).

  What you have done here, caused the change of permissions.

  Don't forget that connect a player directly on a computer and use it plugged into an airport will have different permissions issues.

  I don't have much in the way of a solution. Apple has changed repair them permissions on El Capitan.

  You have a Mac running an earlier version of Mac OS X?

  If your two partitions are used just to make the Time Machine backups...

• Do I need a specific external hard drive to back up an iMac or I can use?

  I learn by an advisor to apple support I need to update the software on my mac. Before doing that I have to back up using an external hard drive. Can I use any external hard drive or do I need a specific which is compatible.

  You can use the time Capsule's internal drive or one regular, but will probably have to reformat a disk that is not specifically intended for Macs. Except otherwise stated, Time Machine and other products that require that the backup drive be formatted as Mac OS extended will not be able to go back to a dedicated NAS.

  (144489)