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Diesel
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Registered: ‎06-20-2012
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Need to fix permissions on GoFlex Desk. Stuck in read-only! (Macbook)

I recently erased my Macbook's HD because it was insufferably slow.  I reinstalled OS X 10.6.1 and all is well!  Computer's fast and everything works like it should.  Except that my external hard drive (2TB Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk) is now read-only to me.  It used to be readable and writable when plugged into any computer.  Then something changed, and it was only read-write with my laptop (not anyone else's).  When I reformatted and reinstalled OS X, I chose the same user name as I had before the reinstall, because I was semi-worried that this might happen, and thought that might help.  My computer troubles were so frustrating, however, that I just took the leap.  Now here I am with 620GB of data that I cannot delete, and another 1.38TB of empty space I cannot use.

 

Any ideas?  Also, I apologize if this is in the wrong place.  This is my first post on the Seagate boards.

 

- Diesel

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kenji57
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Re: Need to fix permissions on GoFlex Desk. Stuck in read-only! (Macbook)

i don't know much about Mac OS, so here's a link http://www.ehow.com/how_5096520_repair-os-leopard-snow-leopard.html

 

hope that helps

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