How to rename a file or folder in external drive
I meant external drive plugin to Macbook
How to rename a file or folder in external drive, I meant external drive plugin to Macbook
How to rename a file or folder in external drive, I meant external drive plugin to Macbook
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Dec 6 2022, 05:06 AM, updated 3y ago
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How to rename a file or folder in external drive
I meant external drive plugin to Macbook |
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Dec 6 2022, 09:51 AM
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Dec 6 2022, 09:53 AM
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QUOTE(shinichi88 @ Dec 6 2022, 05:23 AM) Depend on what type is your external drive. I believe it is NTFS in your case Bcoz i wanna change the name folder from external drive, so cannot ah in latest OS. Like that i need to copy whole files from external drive to macbook to change the names and then copy back to external drive ah?Usually, it won't let you delete or edit any file/folder in the external if it not Mac OS Extended format or exFAT. I use this app to mount my drive, and work perfectly. https://mounty.app/ *Not working on MacOS 13 Ventura.. I'm using MacOS 12 |
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Dec 6 2022, 10:24 AM
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Dec 6 2022, 10:39 AM
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Dec 6 2022, 11:45 PM
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QUOTE(shinichi88 @ Dec 6 2022, 11:03 AM) There's few way to do this. Why in windows so easy to rename folder but in MacOS cannot rename, need so troublesomeIf you don't mind to pay third party app: Tuxera NTFS (support MacOS 13) https://ntfsformac.tuxera.com/ Paragon https://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/ If you dare to take risk and do the raw way: » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « If the external is yours, and you dont mind t backup the file and format it. 1. Copy external drive files into PC/Mac 2. Format external drive to exFAT (this format support Windows & Mac) 3. Copy & Paste the backup files to external drive **I don't even dare to install latest MacOS as a software developer. Many software still not supported.** |
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Dec 6 2022, 11:47 PM
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QUOTE(acbc @ Dec 6 2022, 10:58 AM) Need to reformat the drive to exFAT or FAT32. U can try third party apps but all need to buy and not cheap. Over USD 50! So every external drive or pendrive plugin to Mac, when renaming folder need to reformat?Reformatting is the cheapest option and will make it compatible with both Mac and PC. |
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Dec 7 2022, 12:03 AM
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Dec 18 2022, 01:25 AM
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QUOTE(shinichi88 @ Dec 7 2022, 04:18 AM) Look's like you're new to MacOS Just want to ask how to format my external drive to ExFAT using Windows or MacOS ?OK. to explain your root cause. The external harddisk you're using is not compatible with MacOS because you came from Windows environment. Technically, there's 3 main drive format. NTFS : Mainly use by Windows OS. Read only for MacOS ExFAT : Mainly for portable storage. Compatible for both Windows & MacOS Mac OS Extended Journaled : Mainly use by MacOS. Read only for Windows OS Currently, yours' is NTFS. That is why we recommend you either use third party app to read your external harddisk or Backup your files and format it to ExFAT. |
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Dec 18 2022, 01:46 AM
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QUOTE(acbc @ Dec 7 2022, 09:01 AM) Yes. My external harddrive is Transcend brand, so possible to format it to exFAT format? So that i can use it in both of my Windows and Macbook. Any pros and cons for formatting to exFAT format?Some brands do come in exFAT by default, especially the new larger-capacity ones. My Seagate 1TB external HDD from 2015 came with exFAT by default. |
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Dec 19 2022, 03:24 PM
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Dec 19 2022, 04:49 PM
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QUOTE(acbc @ Dec 19 2022, 04:14 PM) Got maybe 5% of kiasi people who will encrypt their external drives. But the rest 95% couldn't be bothered. So like this external hard disk data can tahan how long in exFATMyself never bother to encrypt any of my external drives because no important data stored. Important ones will keep as cold archive. |
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Dec 20 2022, 01:05 AM
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Dec 22 2022, 05:32 PM
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