The separation of system and data generally means better performance as well, since there is no contention between software and applications for access to the hard drive. This is an unfortunate situation for the MacBook Pro, iMac, etc, which can have only one internal hard drive, but there’s no excuse for bad hygiene with a Mac Pro.īy putting all your data on one data volume (I call my data volume Master), you can backup just that drive (and perhaps your home directory too). This means you need at least two hard drives to do it right, though you can partition one hard drive into two volumes as a half-way solution. It’s one thing for a hard drive to fail it’s quite another to have both the system and your data gone simultaneously!
Thanks a lot everyone for your help.Īvoid mixing data with system and applicationsĪvoid putting your data (images, spreadsheets, documents, music) on the same volume as your system, and preferably not even on the same physical drive as your system (eg a partition on the same drive as the system). I attached a screenshot of the problem, and as you can see even though the text is highlighted in blue I can't delete it, rename it, or even right click on it and cut. I tried that, logged out and back in, and it seemed to work for a few hours, but now the problem is recurring again and I'm clueless as to what's going on.Īny help is really appreciated as it seems from doing a simple google search that this has happened to people before, but none of the solutions have worked for me so far. On some other websites some people said to trash the file, located in user>library>preferences> It's the same case when I try to rename existing files or folders. For example, if I create a New Folder, when I go to rename it it's as if my key strokes just don't register, no matter what I type.
I've had my unibody Macbook 17" for about a week now, and today I've all of a sudden noticed that I can't rename folders within my finder. I've been a silent reader on this forum for a few days and have finally decided to join what seems like a great community.
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