Why exactly is it formatted as FAT32 when it appears as if only Macs are accessing it?
Also, just FYI, FAT32 does not support permissions, so that's why you don't see any options showing up for it.
Dear friends,
I am facing a problem with my External HDD formatted in FAT32 file system.
I have an external HDD that is formatted in FAT32 file system and I want to share this drive on my network so that my other MAC user can access this external drive.
I have two MAC mini with OSX 10.6 and 10.7.3 and one MAC Book pro with 10.7.3. All are on same network able to see each other share Drives. But they are only able to access the Public folders of all the users and Internal HDD of all the MAC books. They are also able to see shared external HDD but no one is able to open that external drive over network. Only the MAC book with external drive is directly connected is able to open it and make file and folder in that.
I have also noticed one issue with this external HDD whenever I try to share this drive via file sharing option its user permission is not highlighted.
Could anyone help on this matter how could I access this drive from other MAC book.
Please revert on my post if any have any suggestion on my problem.

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