OTG, Marshmallow, NTFS Plugin problems
Posted: 2016-05-01, 05:28 UTC
I've been a WC/TC user for close to 20 years now. I must admit the UI on the Android version confuses the heck out of me. (And I'm not having the same problem with other Android file managers)
I installed the Paragon NTFS plugin which seemed prudent considering some of the storage I will attach will probably be formatted NTFS. But if I allow it to mount the drive, no other apps other than TC will see it, apparently.
I am able to see the media in TC after the plugin mounts it.
However I can't copy to that drive. If I try to "checkmark" a folder on the internal filesystem to copy, once I navigate to the OTG drive, any attempt to finish the copy results in a "No files selected!" error. I also tried the trick suggested by Christian from a thread here in 2015, to create a bookmark on the homepage for the external media - this doesn't show up in the copy nav menu and I basically have the same problem.
I also tried to "long click" on the folder and copy to clipboard (many other android file managers work like this), but I can't find a paste command anywhere.
(UPDATE: Maybe I just don't know how to use TC Android. This particular USB drive is formatted FAT32. So I tried dismounting it from Paragon and using it natively. It shows up in the location picker and I can set it as a user-defined location. But still the "copy" button (2nd from left at bottom of portrait-oriented phone) reports "No files selected" when I try to copy the folder I had selected on the internal storage)
TIA
I installed the Paragon NTFS plugin which seemed prudent considering some of the storage I will attach will probably be formatted NTFS. But if I allow it to mount the drive, no other apps other than TC will see it, apparently.
I am able to see the media in TC after the plugin mounts it.
However I can't copy to that drive. If I try to "checkmark" a folder on the internal filesystem to copy, once I navigate to the OTG drive, any attempt to finish the copy results in a "No files selected!" error. I also tried the trick suggested by Christian from a thread here in 2015, to create a bookmark on the homepage for the external media - this doesn't show up in the copy nav menu and I basically have the same problem.
I also tried to "long click" on the folder and copy to clipboard (many other android file managers work like this), but I can't find a paste command anywhere.
(UPDATE: Maybe I just don't know how to use TC Android. This particular USB drive is formatted FAT32. So I tried dismounting it from Paragon and using it natively. It shows up in the location picker and I can set it as a user-defined location. But still the "copy" button (2nd from left at bottom of portrait-oriented phone) reports "No files selected" when I try to copy the folder I had selected on the internal storage)
TIA