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isn't it 1024 though?

sarahell, Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link

1000 on the Mac 1024 on PCs

, Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link

i mean yes but ssshhh, the gist of it is 1000

Belami Young (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link

So the 4 GB file limitation on FAT32 means on a Mac the limitation is actually 4.096 GBs ; )

, Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link

DAYO STOP

Belami Young (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link

:D

, Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:05 (nine years ago) link

and compression is like those library shelving systems with the sliding racks, where you can't just go in and grab the book, you have to crank the wheel so that it opens to the shelf you want?

sarahell, Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:09 (nine years ago) link

I know the difference, it's just that in mind one character being read/remembered wrong shouldn't make the whole statement false. But it does. But I think I'm okay now. So...how do I reformat this HD now that everything is duped to a folder on my desktop?

Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:10 (nine years ago) link

Applications -> Utilites folder -> Disk Utility

Then: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5819

, Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:13 (nine years ago) link

Ignore the part about ExFAT, just select MS-DOS (FAT)

, Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:14 (nine years ago) link

they've changed so many basic things for Macs in the past 10 years or so, (since the last one I own that still works was made) that it makes me wonder if I could even do the things I used to know how to do on one. :/

sarahell, Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:16 (nine years ago) link

and compression is like those library shelving systems with the sliding racks, where you can't just go in and grab the book, you have to crank the wheel so that it opens to the shelf you want?

― sarahell, Saturday, October 25, 2014 5:09 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark

Yeah this is good

, Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:18 (nine years ago) link

Okay but the size of the disk is over 32 GB. It will be okay anyway?

Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:20 (nine years ago) link

yes, you can ignore that.

Belami Young (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:22 (nine years ago) link

the 32 in fat32 does not refer to any disk size limit. It will be okay.

sarahell, Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link

I think the 32 GB is a thing leftover from Windows XP days; it should

But you should definitely check by formatting it then unplugging it and replugging it into your router to see if it recognizes it + sees how big it is

, Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link

I'm like 95% certain that it should be okay

, Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link

oh yeah well i'm like 97% or 98% certain

Belami Young (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:24 (nine years ago) link

YAAAAAAY NOW IT SEES THE HD AS HAVING 931 GB CAPACITY. I have no idea why 1 TB just turned into 931 GB but whatever, I don't need HALF of that anyway.

Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link

I am 100% certain, but I am a PC user, so that might just be like 97% for Macs

sarahell, Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link

Okay uh now how do I put things in it?

Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:29 (nine years ago) link

Because the router settings page recognizes it but doesn't tell me how to drop files in, ie I don't see a button or link or anything. And it doesn't show up in my Finder tree anywhere as a location.

Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:30 (nine years ago) link

Unplug the drive from the router and replug it to the MBA and transfer file sthat way

, Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link

But my computer won't recognize it anymore now that's it's formatted for Windows, I would have thought? I'll try, hang on....

Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link

Dumping the HD folder back on.

Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:33 (nine years ago) link

The thing about FAT32 is now it will be recognized by EVERYTHING :D

Belami Young (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:34 (nine years ago) link

your new shelving system will fit in any apartment!

sarahell, Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:35 (nine years ago) link

I think this is where I bow out though, you should probably follow the instructions on "how to set up your router as a file server" on page 65 here http://www.tp-link.com/resources/document/TL-WDR3600_V1_User_Guide.pdf

But IDK how to really set it up in OSX Finder, Stevie D you probably do?

, Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:37 (nine years ago) link

i am mac-dumb but i will see what i can do

Belami Young (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:38 (nine years ago) link

I googled and found this:

Mac computers don't self-discover a USB file share on the router. I emailed TP-Link and got an answer 6 hours later. (Finder...Go...Connect to Server...smb:192.168.0.1/{volume name})

io you should rename it something simple and lowercase and one word after copying the files back to it

, Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:41 (nine years ago) link

can you like Favorite it so it always shows up?

Belami Young (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link

I did that Go > Connect to server thing this morning and it worked to an extent--it still couldn't fully see the thing bc of the formatting, I guess.

Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:00 (nine years ago) link

I did it, IT WORKED! YOU DID IT!

I can read and write to the HD now, wait wait I'm about to tell iTunes to look there for the music library, that's the final test.

Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:13 (nine years ago) link

So this...isn't working. I changed the Prefs to tell iTunes to look on the HD for the music library but it's making me locate every single track individually. I even told it, "YES, please use this location to find other missing files" but it does no good.

Absolutely every action, even just scrolling, gets the color wheel and a long lag time.

Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:29 (nine years ago) link

I think it is an issue of iTunes being shitty

sarahell, Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:31 (nine years ago) link

Yeah I have a feeling that won't work

, Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:34 (nine years ago) link

This was the whole whole reason for buying this damn router in the 1st place and spending all day working on the set-up. Now I'm tired and just sad.

Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:38 (nine years ago) link

And now my HD is formatted wrong and I still haven't solved the music problem.

Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:38 (nine years ago) link

Maybe "Digital Media Expert" Joey can show you how? IDK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHdnomvTPZg

, Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:44 (nine years ago) link

ars is pretty technical but has good guides:

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/12/how-to-offload-your-itunes-library-to-a-nas/

, Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:47 (nine years ago) link

Apparently even the nerdiest of the nerds can't agree on what best practices are w/r/t to an itunes library on the network http://www.tuaw.com/2012/12/26/how-to-move-your-itunes-library-to-a-nas/

, Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:50 (nine years ago) link

io what's your ultimate goal in moving the iTunes to a network drive? Is it cause you want to free up the USB port?

, Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:51 (nine years ago) link

Yes I need one for my speakers and another for my iphone, which means if I want to make a playlist and then move it to my phone I have to unplug the speakers so I can't watch anything or listen to anything while I'm working. It's silly to be this limited but there you are, only 2 ports.

Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:53 (nine years ago) link

You can buy a USB hub

, Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:53 (nine years ago) link

Also so I can access it when I'm not at a desk with the HD plugged in.

Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:54 (nine years ago) link

Ah, a usb hub wouldn't be practical for that

, Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:58 (nine years ago) link

A hub is better than nothing, I guess. I just wanted the freedom to use my files in a way that was less hassle.

Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 23:17 (nine years ago) link

Is iTunes OK with NAS things then? It's tempting

DG, Saturday, 25 October 2014 23:39 (nine years ago) link

I think if I were to try I'd only try w/ an Airport Extreme

, Saturday, 25 October 2014 23:50 (nine years ago) link

this has been a night mare for me and I have been able to reinstall windows 8 but nothing works long I bought a dell laptop inspearon 15 3520 and 8.1 crashes my system every time what really sucks is there is no support for win 8 and im constantly herrashed to update to 8.1 win 8 and this lap top don't work and 8.1 is even worse deadly even dell has in one year replaced the mother board 3 times the hard drive twice and given me 4 product keys but I've yet to get 2 continues weeks of use to date and both dell and Microsoft just give me the run around I have had thins like all of my web accounts stuck in a continues log in incorrect password , reset password , trust this pc , incorrect password , reset password this was for two weeks my bank account school account google accounts and msn 12 different accounts and no help or support locked out for two weeks before after sending email to every uppermanegment person email address I could find with the majority returned undeliverable un a resulutsion upper management person from x box contacted me it took her two days to free up my accounts but she did but I was never told what happened this is just one of countless problems and service requests with most never resolved and cases closed without so much as a how do you do I find it insulting dissrespectfull and unprofessinle how I've ben held hostage by boyh dell and Microsoft and there what is clearly no concern what I've ben thru and both of them are always trying to get me to pay for tech support and I have only to still not have a working system office 365 witch I payed for is another bad apple and again no support because I run win 8 and there is no support or when I do get thru to chat or tech calling me back I get passed around disconnected and just plain not helped and know for some reson because on my last reinstall of win 8 due to system crash from foolishly installing 8.1 my account that I perchaced office under and several apps from store is not accessible says this account does not exsist yet office account clearly says my current account is getting office from the account I purchaced it with or says this is being shraed from that account but I cant access it because it says it does not exsist and I cant create a new account in the same name bebecause it says that account already exsists but they cant have it both ways and I have lost access to all apps I purchace at msn store under that account and guess what they claim I made it a alias that I deleated it and I have to wait until 6/5/14 to re make it a alias unactspetible and even worse every time I open my mail accout I get a pop up that says to update the account but it does not exsist when I try and of course the never ending searh for support only brings the your running 8 and need to update to 8.1 and every 5th or 6th time I just close the pop up im forced to go to the store I can not close pop up with out doing so its a night mare I could go on for a cupple hours could provid anyone who want a long list of service tag numbers that msn really gave me the oky doec on and closed claim they could not contack me ah that's the ones I forwarded to my gmail because all the rest and the ones I did forward have disappeared and I cant stand the fact I have no choice that regrardlees of settings what little control I should have it constantly gotten aound but only for tracking or harassing me like my printer maker software that I have checked and checked do not allow updates be cause it locks my printer in a non useable non resetible mode because I wont buy my ink from them at litterly 1000% more the cost than ink im useingi get ten cartrigdes for lees than they want me to pay for one and no matter what ive done inclueding having Microsoft techs in stall just the drivers nothing else it somehow gets around my seeting to stop anything from being installed it does and if I don't check every time I power up itlocks my printer up of course msn says its not possible and Epson say its the chip on the ink but I know for a fact its not cause every time its epsons software that says your not usu=eing genuine ink and with in seconds locks it up every time no exceptions anyways im just getting agitated now but Microsoft sucks and they now this **** don't work unless I one pay for support and let it do what it wants track what it want and see what it wants and use what it wants what ever happened to serveing the custermer needs all you get is what it wants your needs to be and nobody seems to mind we are quickly approaching the age of no chice and brian dead people

los blue jeans, Sunday, 26 October 2014 14:34 (nine years ago) link


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