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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

SSD's as Read only on Mac?

Stephen Wheeler

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So I usually use a PC to do all our firmware upgrades, as I prefer working with a PC. Today I tried to upgrade our EPICs' firmware using a mac. When the SSD drive shows up it shows up as read only. I tried this which has worked in the past.

1. select the external hard drives icon
2. right-click > Get Info (cmd + i)
3. expand the Sharing & Permission column
4. click on the lock at the bottom right
* You will be prompted for an administrator name and password.
5. once unlocked change the permission for user, group & everyone to read & write
6. click the little gear right below and select “Apply to enclosed items…

This did not work as the lock in step for did not appear. I looked on line and other people have had this issue but had nothing to offer in terms of a solutions. I am hoping one of my fellow REDusers will have a solution for this problem.

I was able to do this upgrade on a PC with same SSD no problem, but would like to be able to do it on both systems.

Thank you

Stephen Wheeler
Daufenbach Camera
Specializing in RED, Digital Cinema, & 3D
www.daufenbachcamera.com
 
Turn off Red Watchdog. Not sure how to do that on a PC, but on a Mac it's just a little RED icon in your menu bar that you disable. Hopefully that'll point you in the right direction.
 
Thank you Jonathan,
Also we figured out that through RED watchdog you can change it to Read and Write.

Stephen Wheeler
Daufenbach Camera
Specializing in RED, Digital Cinema, & 3D
www.daufenbachcamera.com
 
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