[headbirth]

Anyone else having the drive require your admin password to eject the drive? or having it mount on the desktop even though you've told the Finder not to place external drives on the DT.

[dgbatchelor]

I have the same behavior. I'm using a FW800 Spark external drive.

[headbirth]

LaCie hasn't answered my emails and I don't want to apply any incorrect firmware that my damage my drive.

Any solutions or is this not a firmware thing ... something else?

[slugslugslug]

Try this: select the drive in the Finder and Get Info on it. In the Info window, Click the Ownership & Permissions triangle. If "Ignore ownership on this volume" is unchecked, checking it should fix your problem. If it's already checked, I dunno know what the hell's going on..

y.

[dgbatchelor]

Originally posted by slugslugslug:
Try this: select the drive in the Finder and Get Info on it. In the Info window, Click the Ownership & Permissions triangle. If "Ignore ownership on this volume" is unchecked, checking it should fix your problem. If it's already checked, I dunno know what the hell's going on..

y.

For me, the item is already checked... This is puzzling, huh? I guess it is time to start the voodoo ritual.

[legionare]

see today's macfixit

[dgbatchelor]

Originally posted by legionare:
see today's macfixit

The article says to NOT check the box to "ignore ownership on this volume"...

Unchecking the box seemed to work for me.

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UPDATE: The "behavior" is back... I guess checking/unchecking does not solve the problem permanently.

Sad.