App For Mac To Open External Hard Drive

You can get your hands dirty and fix read-only problems for free with an open source solution Solving the 'Read Only' External Hard Drive Problem on Your Mac Solving the 'Read Only' External Hard Drive Problem on Your Mac Plugging in a USB hard drive and finding out you cannot write to it is frustrating, but easy to fix.

I'll answer your question two different ways: First: There are two kinds of apps: those that are dragged into the applications folder and those that use an installer. If the program uses an installer (and in the case of all Apple programs) you should put them on the boot drive in the applications folder. Programs that are dragged into the applications folder can safely be installed on an external drive but there are two problems with that. (1) you probably aren't going to carry your external drive around with you so any program on that drive isn't usable when you go on the road. (2) Programs that use automatic updating might not update properly. This is an issue I've not tested in more than a year but it is a potential problem. It might mean that whenever a program is updated that you'd need to manually download the program and reinstall it.

Not a biggie but something to think about Second: rather than trying to install applications on the external drive you might consider what data you don't need to carry around all the time. Example: I have about 50GB of music, 15GB of movies, and 10GB of iPhoto pictures on my MBP. I could easily move all 75GB to an external drive because I always have my iPhone with me. Quicken 2016 for mac coupon. That might be more convenient than installing apps on an external drive. Moving the iTunes library is simple.

See article for details. After you've done this quit iTunes and open your iTunes folder.

Inside you'll see several files and folders. Move everything but the iTunes Library file to the trash - but don't empty the trash yet. Restart iTunes and make sure iTunes has found your music and movies okay. (This is a just in case step.) Once you know your songs are on the external drive you can safely empty the trash. Put your iPhoto library on the external hard drive and hold your Option key down when opening iPhoto.

Then just select the library on the external drive. (Your iPhoto Library should be in your Pictures folder). Some installers do let you choose where to put the application. In those cases you can at least try to install on an external hard drive.

As we've already mentioned one of the reasons that applications need to be in the applications folder is due to the expectations of the updater application. So some programs that could be installed in locations other than the default may not update properly. Another possibility since you seem willing to walk around with an external hard drive is to simply install everything on an external hard drive - the operating system, your applications, and your data. Apple Footer • This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums. Apple disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the site.