Comments on: Guide for sharing disks between Mac and PC

By: ClearlyPro

ClearlyPro — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:07:58 +0000

When I tried to log on to family laptop, a message saying “there are not sufficient resources to load” my account with the default something-or-other came up. The message had a timer that was going to close the window, and then when it closed it would not log me on. I could not turn it on normally so I cut the power. When I turned it back on I logged on fine? I read here PC Error but couldnt make sense?

By: Mac unable to write to a NTFS-formatted (PC) hardisk « Otterman speaks…

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:18:08 +0000

[...] Well, there is a solution? Laurence, who was on IM with me the whole time and just as puzzled, sent me this link: Paragon Software’s US$40 NTFS for Mac OS X. There is a 10-day trial but it’s inevitable I will be getting this. [See also the options suggested in this gantico post. [...]

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:40:39 +0000

Forgot to mention, doesn’t work with FAT32, only HFS

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:37:14 +0000

http://www.hornware.com/sharepoints/

The move from OS9 to X lost some abilities in file sharing. Sharepoints allows granular permissions accessible from any platform. Versions for every OS… 10.x.x allow individual folders AND external drives on the Mac to appear for the PC. You don’t even need to turn on Windows file sharing in your Options on the Mac side. The only OS9 missing piece is applying the permissions to every folder within a folder… and please donate if you find it useful…

By: gantico

gantico — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:18:37 +0000

@Kaibriel
thanks for your feedback. Actually I’m working with Vista, because I was forced to have it when I ordered my latest PC. It’s amazingly crappy for many things, but better then XP for few others. Anyway, I’m trying not to give up with it…

@Stef
hi man, good to see you here! I guess that your Itunes music folder is full of cool stuffs… It’s a pity and a total nonsense any intentional incompatibility, like NTFS and HFS, different phones’ batteries for different brands, etc…
(I confess that I kind of fed up with the snow… :-P)

By: Stef

Stef — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:01:00 +0000

Interesting… I’m bootcamping winXP
formatted in NTFS and am using MAcDrive 7…
works seamlessly… although I have to admit
that I only use it to share a common Itunes music folder…
Pity there’s no open source for windows…
(nice snow :p)

By: Kaibriel

Kaibriel — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:48:21 +0000

Thanks for the tips. I’m a Windows XP user, not upgrading to Vista, and I need to tranfer video files between a Mac and XP.

From the sound of it, my best bet is an external FireWire drive formatted in HFS that is then readable using MacDrive or something similar.

I’d love to go to the Mac, but the cost of Final Cut Pro exceeds my entire hardware/software infrastructure cost developed building my own PC boxes. And Vista is for the birds.

By: gantico

gantico — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:50:07 +0000

Cap in Iraq
thank you for the comment, hope that this guide helped you

Idetrorce
happy to know that you found it interesting, but could you please explain what you mean? you don’t agree on what?
thanks

By: Idetrorce

Idetrorce — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 01:34:56 +0000

very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
Idetrorce

By: Cap in Iraq

Cap in Iraq — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:46:21 +0000

Excellent resource. I use both systems but amazingly have not encountered this issue before; mostly because I do not keep or use music, photos or video on a Windows machine. That’s what I use my Mac for. But now I am starting to interchange other files and backup data on different external drives which has led me down this rabbit hole. Thanks for the information.