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macdonjh:
Awesome Donkey, where should all those periods go?  My files are stored with paths like this:
Users/Jack/Music/Tom Petty/Greatest Hits/Refugee.wav

macdonjh:
New trouble: I bought a 5TB hard drive, formatted it for exFAT on my PC, but my Mac won't recognize it.  Can somebody teach me the secret to getting a Mac to recognize external hardware?

I sometimes have trouble getting my Mac to recognize my micro-SD cards.  The solution seems to be plugging the USB adapter/ reader into a USB port in the back of the computer, rather than into a USB "extender" (you know, one of those multi-port USB strips).  I plugged my new hard drive, formatted for exFAT directly into the back of the Mac, and it won't register in the Finder.

JimH:
A USB drive is usually USB 3.0 and should be plugged into a USB 3.0 port.

Power could be an issue.  The port may not have enough power.  A powered hub might work.

blgentry:
Kinda odd that it won't read it.  Does Disk Utility see it?

It's probably worth a try to format it, with Disk Utiility, to ExFAT and see if the PC can read it after.

Personally, I think ExFAT is weird and don't really like it.  I'd rather use FAT32 if I have to share drives between Mac and other stuff.  YMMV.

Brian.

macdonjh:
Disc utility did find the USB drive.  According to the Mac, it needed repair because it didn't have an EFI partition (or something like that).  I had done a "quick format" on my PC, then read the disc on my Mac.  I then reformatted it on the Mac.  Now my Mac reads the disc fine.  I haven't tried reading the drive with my PC yet, a project for tomorrow or Sunday.

OK, it was a project for right now.  I can play music files fine on my PC, so it looks like everything is working the way it should, thank goodness. 

If I had a master license of MC, would the cover art display properly?  It isn't in Media Player, or whatever program I played the songs with.  Goodness computer speakers suck.  ;D

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