Hi, i new to this site (discussion) and i’m no IT tech head.
I am using a macbook (white one) 10.6.8 all good.
A while ago I purchased a mybook live to back up from any computer on the network.
To be honest, can’t remember the install process at all. Al I know is that it must have worked because I used to be able to use this drive (found it all a little confusing) but it showed up in finder under shared items and i could send files to it.
I could never understand how to log in as registered user as the computer always asked for a password to the local host and for the life of me i have not a clue what it is asking for (not for lack of trying to find out). SO I always signed in as a guest and had no problems.
Now i can no longer log in as a guest or registerd user however the drive IS showing up in my finder.
I have gone down the download instalation software rd and i am confronted with a message to up grade my firmware (what ever that means). Anyway, this process all seems to go well until I am asked to make sure i have backups of the data on the drive THAT I CAN"T ACCESS.
3 questions:
- how do i make a backup of the files that already sit on my NAS prior to fideling with software and settings etc
2. Whar does it mean “password for local host”?
- Why can the drive be working one minute and not the next?
Don’t think I’ve ever waffled on so much in a discussion forum but This drive is pissing me off and i have important footage already stored in the drive - hence that’s why I’m worried as well as mad!!
nibbs
