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Product Support => Zidoo UHD5000, Z2000 Pro, Z20 Pro, Z9X Pro => Topic started by: Ant232369 on July 08, 2023, 02:39:52 AM

Title: Internal HDD Help on iMac and Z20 Pro
Post by: Ant232369 on July 08, 2023, 02:39:52 AM

hello, I am brand new to the Zidoo world. I have been researching this for well over a year now finally pulled the plug upon hearing about the brand new z20 pro. It just arrived today and I’m attempting to set it up.

I need some help with my initial set up I purchased a 16 TB hard drive which I was able to successfully format inside the Zidoo. However here is where I’m stuck and I’m sure it’s been posted a billion times and I will research more while I await replies but

I have a iMac. How do I make the internal hdd visible to my Mac so I can make the hdd the default place where my movie files are downloaded too and stored and also so I can copy my current collection over( this part has more difficult since the hard drive is format TFS, and my iMac won’t see it I connected to an external hdd enclosure.
Following up. I enables Samba server on the Zidoo but it still doesn't show up under Finder on my iMac. I also tried re formatting to exFAT since I know that is compatible with the Zidoo and a Mac readable format. The HDD shows up on the Zidoo but not the iMac.

Title: Re: Internal HDD Help on iMac and Z20 Pro
Post by: futeko.com on July 11, 2023, 04:34:41 PM

The correct way to make the internal HDD visible on a Mac would be by enabling Samba server on the Zidoo box and then finding it on the Mac. The question here is why your Mac is unable to see the SMB share on the Zidoo.

I have very little experience with Macs but this is one of many guides to accessing SMB shares: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-connect-your-macos-device-to-an-smb-share/

One thing to try might be finding the IP address of the Zidoo box and entering the address directly as smb://xxx.xxx.xxx