hi, i still fresh with MACBOOK system...
can anyone teach me how to copy the file from MACBOOK to usb external harddisk?

plug in..
double click the external harddisk..
drag and drop..

make sure the filesystem is fat32 its easier for all OSes
maybe ur external harddisk ntfs.. tats the problem..

most likely yours is ntfs.. goto disk utilities to 'erase' your external HD.. first , select your HD.. then select the ms-dos file system.. and click erase.. now your HD will be usable on both windows and mac...

yea..

should be NTFS. For NTFS, you need to use 3rd party app, such as ntfs-3g. By default, mac osx only read NTFS, but can't write

go to

Finder>>APPlication>>Utilities>>DIsk Utility

i would suggest using ntfs-3g software if you like to use your external HDD on both windows and apple. however the only drawback from ntfs-3g is that you can't use it to back up your files using time machine.

To use NTFS-3g u just need to dl and install these 2 files onto your apple and it should work.
1) MacFUSE - http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/
2) NTFS-3G - http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/

hope this helps.

how bout if i use iBOOK G4?
any differet within iBOOK G4 and MACBOOK??
pls advice.....
many thx to urs..bro.

They're pretty much the same if you're using the same operating systems. Install the softwares mentioned and you should be able to use your External HDD.

yup, i experimented it on my gf's ibook g4 (tiger-OS 10.4) first lol U just need to find the file that's right for ur OS version. Good luck.

it's straight forward. plug and play.
do you need to copy the OS as well? if you want to, you need to have a startup CD.