The drive is not showing up because it's a Time Capsule (attached to her AirPort, not her Mac.) Here is how to do it: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202174
> On Jul 5, 2017, at 9:52 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Jonathan, I didn't know the drive didn't have to be visible, the day > has been a success, I've had another lesson. > > John > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 5, 2017, at 9:41 PM, Jonathan Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ann (and John), >> >> Disk Utility does not need the drives to be visible on the desktop to work >> with them. They can even be worked with when unmounted, but they do need to >> be connected. I would try disconnecting the drive and reconnecting it to see >> if it will show up in Disk Utility. Everything should show up there all the >> time if it can recognize it. There might be something wrong with the drive, >> or it may just need to be reconnected. If that doesn’t work, restart the >> machine with the drive connected. >> >> There will be one or more files on the drive visible in Finder if it has >> anything Time-Machine-y on it, is mounted correctly and is working normally. >> >> I would reformat the drive and start over with your Time Machine regimen. If >> the drive then gives you ANY more problems e-cycle it and get a new one. >> Life’s too precious to waste it with misbehaving electronic devices. >> >> Jonathan >> >> >> >>> On Jul 5, 2017, at 9:31 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> If you have everything checked as I do then It looks like it would show up >>> on your desktop, where DiskUtility needs to see it to format. >> >> -- >> Jonathan Fletcher >> [email protected] >> >> Kentuckiana FileMaker Developers Group >> Next Meeting: 7/25/17 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
