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Using MBP as an external HD via Firewire
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Aug 21, 2007, 03:12 PM
 
I'm new here, and I have a question.

I just started a new job, and my office computer is an older PowerPC iMac.

My personal computer is an MBP C2D.

I need to upload files from the MBP onto the iMac, so I connected the two with a Firewire 400 cable and restarted the MBP in Target Disk mode.

The message I'm getting on the iMac is:

"You have inserted a disk containing no volumes that Mac OSX can read. To continue with the disk inserted, click Ignore."

Clicking Ignore just makes the message go away, but the MBP doesn't show up on the desktop as a drive.

Both are running the latest version of OS X.

What am I doing wrong?


Thanks.
     
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Aug 21, 2007, 03:19 PM
 
I think you need to update the iMac to at least 10.4.2 because prior to that release (real) Macs couldn't read the foreign GUID disc format.

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