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    Accessing HFS-plus file systems?

    I am not a transitioner, but I have a question that may be useful to folks transitioning from Apple systems.

    An attorney I am working with has all her files backed up to an external drive, which I presume is HFS+ file format (she is a macbook user).

    I can plug the drive in, see the folders, but when I open up her backup of her "home" partition, I get an error message that the computer cannot open that directory.

    I know that it is not a permissions issue, because another colleague who has a mac can open the files.

    #2
    see if you have "hfsutils" and "hfsplus" installed .

    VINNY
    i7 4core HT 8MB L3 2.9GHz
    16GB RAM
    Nvidia GTX 860M 4GB RAM 1152 cuda cores

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      #3
      OK I installed them, how do I use them?

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        #4
        Logout of the Desktop session and log back in. Plug in the drive in and see if you can now access the folders/files from Dolphin.
        Windows no longer obstructs my view.
        Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
        "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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          #5
          No change from pre-installation: I can get down to the individual users, but can't get into folders like "documents", in fact Dolphin can't even tell me how many items are in them.
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            #6
            So I installed "hfsutils" and "hfsplus", but it doesn't seem to make any difference; I still can't access the files.

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              #7
              you may also have to install hfsprogs if it did not get pulled as a dependency.
              Dave Kubuntu 20.04 Registered Linux User #462608

              Wireless Script: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...5#post12350385

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                #8
                I opened up Muon and installed everything that seemed even remotely related to the HFS file format, then restarted the computer; still no dice.

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                  #9
                  just to read the file should have been no problem , support for HFS and HFS+ has been in the kernel it's self for some time .

                  it may be the journal is on and active , but that should not be stoping reading of the files , just writing.

                  have your friend with a mac turn off the journal and see if that helps .

                  see ,,,, https://askubuntu.com/questions/3323...t-access-to-os

                  and similar searches

                  VINNY
                  i7 4core HT 8MB L3 2.9GHz
                  16GB RAM
                  Nvidia GTX 860M 4GB RAM 1152 cuda cores

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