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matsch
2011-06-22, 11:39
Hi,

I am trying to mount the USB harddrive connected to my Squeezebox Touch on my iMac. However, it mounts read-only, so I cannot copy any new music this way. How can I mount it read/write on my Mac?

Mac OS X 10.6.7
Squeezebox Touch Version 7.5.4 r9408

The USB device is properly connected and the Squeezebox Server is running on the Touch. Playback works...

Hope someone can help! A quick search hasn't brought anything to daylight...

Thanks,
matsch
Nikhil
2011-06-23, 18:57
Your USB drive is probably formatted as NTFS. You will need to install a full read-write NTFS driver for your mac such as NTFS-3G from Tuxera (there used to be a free version but I don't see it anymore) or Paragon NTFS.
matsch
2011-06-24, 08:38
Hi Nikhil

Thanks for your reply.

The USB drive is FAT32 formatted and it's not connected to the Mac but to the Squeezebox Touch. I use the share drive functionality of the Squeezebox ("Freigabe" in German) to make it available to the Mac via SMB. However, the share appears to be read-only. I am not sure wether it is a Mac or Squeezebox issue. Can anyone confirm (and share) if (and how) it works for you? Is it read/write if you access it from Windows?

Thanks,
matsch
JohnSwenson
2011-06-24, 10:37
The share is read write from windows or linux, so it must be how the share is mounted on the Mac. Unfortunately I know nothing about Macs so I can't give specific help.

John S.
matsch
2011-07-28, 12:55
The problem solved itself. I haven't done anything about it, but there were updates on both sides. So one of them seems to have solved the issue. If I would have to guess, I would think the Squeezebox update solved it...

New versions:
Mac OS X 10.6.8
Squeezebox 7.6.0 r9458

Thanks,
matsch