More and more people are finding themselves using both Macs and Windows based PCs. While compatibility is almost a non-issue now days between Macs and PCs, as well as Macs and third party peripherals, there is one area that may still cause confusion. In this tutorial I will explain the “Read Only” error you may run into while using external storage devices, and also show you how simple it is to fix.

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The Cause of 'Read Only' Disk Errors

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I have a USB drive that I purchased and use with various PCs at work and school. I am able to open the drive and can even copy files from the drive. But if I attempt to copy a file to the drive on my Mac, I get an icon telling me that I am not able to copy the file. If I try to delete a file, by pressing Command+Delete, nothing happens and, if I right click the file, the option to move it to the trash can is missing. Something is obviously not right with the storage drive.

If you right click the drive and select Get Info, you can see at the bottom of the info window under the sharing and permissions twirl down, you only have permission to read from this drive and nothing else.

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The cause of this is due to the filing system the storage device is formatted in. If you look in the general twirl-down under format you can see that this drive is formatted in the windows NT file system. The NTFS file system is a system specifically optimized for Windows in the way that it organizes the data on the drive. While this file system is readable on Macs because OS X can rearrange the data as it is reading it, the way that NTFS writes the files to the storage device is not; hence, you can read, but not write.

Many storage devices such as USB drives and external hard disk drives come pre-formatted in NTFS because a larger number of consumers are using them on PCs. However, making your storage device Mac compatible, and even cross compatible with Macs and PCs, is as simple as reformatting the drive.

Correcting the 'Read Only' Disk Error

First and foremost before proceeding any further, you are about to format your storage device. Be sure to copy any and all file from the drive as all the data on the drive will be erased. This can be a simple task or a long undertaking depending on the size and usage of the storage device, but is a necessary and important step.

You can reformat a hard drive on Mac OS X by using Disk Utility. In the left-hand side inside of Disk Utility you will see a list of all the connected hard drives. Each physical drive is shown with the partitions of that drive nested below. Highlight the physical drive you wish to reformat and on the menu at the top to the right select erase.

You are about to format your storage device. Be sure to copy any and all file from the drive as all the data on the drive will be erased.

You will see two fields where you can choose a file system format and a field to name the new partition you are going to create. If you are just going to use your drive on Mac computers, you can select one of the Mac OS options. If you wish to create a partition that is cross compatible with Mac computers as well as PCs, you can select either the MS-DOS Fils System format or the exFAT format. You can rename the hard drive to whatever descriptive name you like then click erase and now the drive is formatted in a cross compatible filing system. If you click on the drive and select get info you can now see that the permissions are set to read and write.

Conclusion

The NTFS file system format is a great format to use if you are using your drive solely on Windows based PCs. But if you need to use your drive on Mac OS, or on both PCs and Mac OS, NTFS will unfortunately not be the best format to use. In this tutorial I’ve identified the cause of the “read only” error that Mac users may find when using external storage devices, and also how to easily fix the problem by reformatting your drive to a fully Mac OS compatible format.

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Chances are, you were using Mac OS X even before you bought this book, since few Macs sold in the past few years can boot into anything else. And even if you own an older Mac, the fact that you're reading this volume means you've probably already installed Mac OS X on it!

For that reason, I provided an overview of Mac OS X (in Chapter 2) before this description of how to install the operating system, believing that most of you are already up and running in Mac OS X. Even if that's the case, though, you may someday be called upon to install Mac OS X on an older Mac that's still running Mac OS 9. Or, even more important, you may need to re-install Mac OS X (to fix problems). Finally, as new versions of Mac OS X are released, you will need to upgrade your OS. For all of these occasions, this chapter explains what needs to be done (and why) and offers solutions to a variety of potential problems.

I start off by providing background information on installing Mac OS X for the first time, moving on to give more general information about installing, reinstalling, and restoring Mac OS X software. You'll also learn about upgrading Mac OS X and find recommendations about how best to back up Mac OS X.

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• Which Mac models can run Mac OS X?
• How much memory do you need?
• How much hard-drive space do you need?
• Will you be installing Mac OS 9?
• Other requirements

Installing or Reinstalling Mac OS X • 128

• The Mac OS X Install disc(s)
• Startup from the Mac OS X Install disc
• The Installer menu
• The File menu
• The Utilities menu
• The Window menu
• Introduction
• License
• Select a Destination
• Installation Type, Install, and Finish Up

Restoring Mac OS Software • 148

What About Mac OS 9? • 149

• Getting Mac OS 9 onto your Mac OS X Mac

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Selectively Installing Mac OS X Files • 151

• Do a Custom Install/Restore
• Copying from the Mac OS X Install discs
• Reinstalling from a Web download
• Extracting from an expanded .pax.gz file
• Use Pacifist
• Cautions regarding extracting files from update packages

Upgrading Mac OS X • 155

• Before you upgrade

Updating Mac OS X • 158

• Updating from Software Update
• Updating from the Installer package (.pkg) file
• Skip the restart?

Downgrading and Re-upgrading Mac OS X • 166

• Archive and Install, then re-upgrade

Uninstalling Mac OS X • 168

• Manual uninstall?
• Using DesInstaller?

Understanding Image, Installer Package, and Receipt Files • 169

• Image (.dmg) files
• Image files vs. compressed files
• Installer package (.pkg) files
• Receipt files

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Backing Up and Restoring Mac OS X Volumes • 181

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• Backing up Mac OS X: Utilities for volume backups
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Creating an Emergency Startup Volume • 197

• Bootable hard drive
• Bootable CD or DVD

Troubleshooting Tips and Hints: Installing Software • 203

• Can't start up from Mac OS X Install CD
• Cannot launch Installer successfully
• Cannot select a volume to install
• Java Update 1.4.2 will not install
• Software Update does not list or install an update
• Software Update quits unexpectedly
• Installed Updates does not list previously installed updates
• Install and Keep Package option doesn't keep
• Installation is interrupted
• Software installs but fails to work
• Third-party software will not install
• Can't install a Classic application
• Video issues warning
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