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Offline Buzz

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File Explorer
« on: 2014 March 12 12:33:10 »
Hi all - another one of those daft questions which probably has a simple answer.  I store my files on an external drive but the PI file explorer (Mac OSX) only sees the main Mac drive. Is that on purpose?
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Re: File Explorer
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Re: File Explorer
« Reply #2 on: 2014 March 16 05:19:21 »
thanks for that, I found the terminal command at the bottom of that post - Mac OSX then gave a warning about it being risky and I backed off.

sudo SetFile -a v /Volumes

I guess I'll just ignore File Explorer

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Re: File Explorer
« Reply #3 on: 2014 March 16 05:54:01 »
What warning did you get?

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Re: File Explorer
« Reply #4 on: 2014 March 16 15:36:06 »
probably just the first time "respect the power of sudo" banner that sudo prints?

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Re: File Explorer
« Reply #5 on: 2014 March 16 18:01:59 »
probably just the first time "respect the power of sudo" banner that sudo prints?

rob

Chris, if that's the case then I hope you are not dissuaded. Sudo has many useful and correct applications. To never execute a sudo command because of this warning is to never maximize the potential of OS X or, as in this case, correct unnecessary defaults imposed by Apple.

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Re: File Explorer
« Reply #6 on: 2014 March 17 05:15:39 »
OK - I'll give it a go. I certainly recognise the advantages of file explorer.  Thanks for the advice.
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