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From Window to Apple problem
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11 Aug 25, 11:29
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Good morning everyone.
I have a question.
I've switched from Windows to Apple.
In Windows, to save space on my laptop, I use an SSD drive to store my albums. This works perfectly.
I want to do the same on my new Mac Air.
When I start Jalbum on my Mac, it sees the external SSD drive and the albums are visible.
The problem is adding images and creating new albums. (See screenshot)
It seems there's a write-protection issue or the path to the SSD drive isn't correct.
I've tried several options, of course.
Does anyone know a solution?
Kind regards, Gerard Spaans Sportsphotography
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Re: From Window to Apple problem
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11 Aug 25, 12:47
in response to: GerardSpaans
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Re: From Window to Apple problem
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11 Aug 25, 20:04
in response to: RobM
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Thanks for your reply.
I had already looked at this option, but it didn't work.
With this option, I included the SSD drive as the subfolders.
Unfortunately, this isn't the solution.
Thanks.
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Re: From Window to Apple problem
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11 Aug 25, 21:19
in response to: GerardSpaans
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I can open a project stored on an SSD, see attached for the SSD and albumfiles.txt file.
(I double clicked on the 'jalbum-settings.jap' to launch jAlbum and open the project.)
How is the SSD formatted? Mine is APFS with owners enabled. I run my Mac as admin, there is only one account to sign in to.
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Re: From Window to Apple problem
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12 Aug 25, 00:28
in response to: GerardSpaans
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If still unresolved post the full error message, there might be more useful detail in it.
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Re: From Window to Apple problem
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12 Aug 25, 10:05
in response to: GerardSpaans
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Since you switched from Windows, there is a chance that your SSD has the NTFS format. Support for NTFS in macOS is only partial; it can only be read and is mounted as read-only.
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Re: From Window to Apple problem
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12 Aug 25, 10:20
in response to: ronvanrossum
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Correct |
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Since you switched from Windows, there is a chance that your SSD has the NTFS format. Support for NTFS in macOS is only partial; it can only be read and is mounted as read-only.
I suspected that was the case but have always used Mac’s. Just searched the web and found this on Apple discussion forum, about enabling write permission. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253707407?sortBy=rank
I think if there is another copy of all the files then reformatting to Apple’s system would be the best option. |
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Re: From Window to Apple problem
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12 Aug 25, 11:17
in response to: RobM
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I think if there is another copy of all the files then reformatting to Apple’s system would be the best option.
That would be my suggestion as well. |
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Re: From Window to Apple problem
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12 Aug 25, 18:39
in response to: RobM
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Everyone
Thanks for the replies.
The problem was indeed an incorrect file format on the SSD drive.
I formatted the SSD drive to exFAT and now everything works fine.
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Re: From Window to Apple problem
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12 Aug 25, 18:39
in response to: GerardSpaans
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Everyone
Thanks for the replies.
The problem was indeed an incorrect file format on the SSD drive.
I formatted the SSD drive to exFAT and now everything works fine.
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Re: From Window to Apple problem
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12 Aug 25, 18:51
in response to: GerardSpaans
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Yes, exFAT is OK with both operating systems. Just be careful about unplugging it, because exFAT is a little more prone to file system corruption if you just yank out the cable. You're OK if you tell either OS to "dismount" the drive - that will flush the I/O cache, and everything is fine.
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