Apple Macs have NTFS support, but for some inexplicable reason, it defaults to read only when you plug a NTFS removable disk in. There must be a way to change this, but the simple workaround is to mount the annoying thing manually: First open a terminal and become super user: $ sudo su password Plug the removable disk in, then: # dmesg Look to see what device name is used, probably disk2s1. To ensure that it is free, in case it was 'helpfully' auto mounted already: # umount /dev/disk2s1 Make a directory as a mount point: # mkdir mnt Mount the device read/write : # mount -t ntfs -o rw,auto,nobrowse /dev/disk2s1 mnt Now open Finder and copy to/from the new mount point. When you are done, unmount it with: # sync # umount /dev/disk2s1 Hot Mac Problems Another unrelated issue is with a Mac running very hot due to the mdworker thread. This stupid thing is the Mac spotlight index utility. If I want to find something, I use the find utility, I don...
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