Can't Rename Disk?!?

imacfanimacfan
Posted:
in macOS edited January 2014
Hi,



To my suprise, my Sony USB flash drive thingy won't let me rename it. The finder will let me rename the boot volume and others attached by firewire, but not this, even from the 'get info' window. Any ideas?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 7
    cubedudecubedude Posts: 1,556member
    Use Disk Utility to reformat the disk, and change the name there.
  • Reply 2 of 7
    serranoserrano Posts: 1,806member
    Might be a permissions thing, hit get info and see if they're the same as your local drives.
  • Reply 3 of 7
    eupfhoriaeupfhoria Posts: 257member
    right, you can't change the name of a shared drive.
  • Reply 4 of 7
    imacfanimacfan Posts: 444member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Eupfhoria

    right, you can't change the name of a shared drive.



    Right, I've got info, changed the permissions so that I can read and write, and that noone else can read or write, but as soon as I close the box and get info again, it reverts to everyone read and write - what's happening?



    thanks,



    David
  • Reply 5 of 7
    echoecho Posts: 3member
    turn off file sharing
  • Reply 6 of 7
    imacfanimacfan Posts: 444member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by echo

    turn off file sharing



    Personal File Sharing = Off

    Internet File Sharing = Off



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  • Reply 7 of 7
    serranoserrano Posts: 1,806member
    You don't have enough privilege over the disk, you have to do it as root. Rather than going through the terminal go to mac update and search for an app that will let you adjust them graphically by just providing your root password. LIke this.
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