Mac Question and NAS device.

hhscr · 09-10-2009

I copied some files from my Mac into a folder on a NAS device.

It showed that the files copied but when I open the folder on the NAS in Finder no files show to be there.

If I go to a windows machine and open the folder on the NAS the files are present.

What is causing this?

TJH1023 · 10-01-2009

What Machine did you use to format the storage with. if you used a PC it needs to be FAT 32 for a mac to read it. or you can reformat it with you mac. Go to applications then utilities then disk utilities, select the disk on the left side and erase on your options and select MS-DOS(FAT) and erase it. you can now see the files with a pc or mac and access them. I hope this helps.

Tim

Ben_V · 10-02-2009

To delve deeper into the problem: some NAS drives are formatted with the NTSF file system, which the Mac cannot use. The only thing I cannot understand is, that the Mac copied the files at all. Is it possible, that you simply do not have permissions or rights to read that drive?

Ben

TonyK · 10-02-2009

Permissions would be my first point to investigate.

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TJH1023 Alpaca Location: Haymarket, VA Posts: 18 CamelKarma: 303 Editing OK?: Ask first Gallery \| Blog	Re: Mac Question and NAS device. What Machine did you use to format the storage with. if you used a PC it needs to be FAT 32 for a mac to read it. or you can reformat it with you mac. Go to applications then utilities then disk utilities, select the disk on the left side and erase on your options and select MS-DOS(FAT) and erase it. you can now see the files with a pc or mac and access them. I hope this helps. Tim

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Ben_V Guanaco Posts: 259 CamelKarma: 2203 Gallery \| Blog	Re: Mac Question and NAS device. To delve deeper into the problem: some NAS drives are formatted with the NTSF file system, which the Mac cannot use. The only thing I cannot understand is, that the Mac copied the files at all. Is it possible, that you simply do not have permissions or rights to read that drive? Ben

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