Re: Disappearing External Drive and Finder issue

2023-02-02 Thread Bradford Snyder
Make sure it is a “powered” hub. Most external drives require more power than can be provided by a passive, non-powered hub. - Brad - On Feb 1, 2023, at 18:54, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries wrote: I am a little afraid it’s the hub I am using. When it happens, I can’t force quit. I can’t

Re: Disappearing External Drive and Finder issue: A Complete List of VoiceOver Keyboard Shortcuts Available on macOS

2023-02-02 Thread lenron brown
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Re: Disappearing External Drive and Finder issue

2023-02-01 Thread lenron brown
I need a list of the best shortcuts. I am finding myself feeling like I am so slow on the mac. On 2/1/23, Herbie Allen wrote: > Shortcuts are an essential aspect of Mac usage. Remember as many as you > can! > >> On Feb 1, 2023, at 19:15, Dave Carlson wrote: >> >> Brad, Wow. How do you keep all

Re: Disappearing External Drive and Finder issue

2023-02-01 Thread Herbie Allen
Shortcuts are an essential aspect of Mac usage. Remember as many as you can! > On Feb 1, 2023, at 19:15, Dave Carlson wrote: > > Brad, Wow. How do you keep all those keyboard shortcuts in your head? I never > knew about using the shift key with that combination to make it a quick and > dirty

Re: Disappearing External Drive and Finder issue

2023-02-01 Thread Dave Carlson
Brad, Wow. How do you keep all those keyboard shortcuts in your head? I never knew about using the shift key with that combination to make it a quick and dirty force shutdown. Dave Carlson Oregonian, Woodworker, Farfar, Engineer, Musician dgcarlson0...@gmail.com On Feb 1, 2023, at 2:01 PM,

Re: Disappearing External Drive and Finder issue

2023-02-01 Thread 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries
I am a little afraid it’s the hub I am using. When it happens, I can’t force quit. I can’t get to the menu bar either. It really stops almost everything except for apps like Mail and Safari. I have to open a Mail or Safari to get to the Apple menu.Mary WardOn Feb 1, 2023, at 5:34 PM, Anders

Re: Disappearing External Drive and Finder issue

2023-02-01 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Thanks for that command Brad. I haven’t noticed that before. Bless! /A > 1 feb. 2023 kl. 23:01 skrev Bradford Snyder : > > The keyboard command CMD + OPT + Escape, will open the Force Quit dialog. > Using CMD + OPT + Shift + Escape, will Force Quit the current app, or restart > Finder

Re: Disappearing External Drive and Finder issue

2023-02-01 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! It could be the cable or the usb port on your Mac or the hard disk. Though I have never come a cross a bad usb port on a Mac but on my hard disks. /A > 1 feb. 2023 kl. 22:13 skrev 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hello. I bought a nice big hard disc to store books, movies, and music

Re: Disappearing External Drive and Finder issue

2023-02-01 Thread Bradford Snyder
The keyboard command CMD + OPT + Escape, will open the Force Quit dialog. Using CMD + OPT + Shift + Escape, will Force Quit the current app, or restart Finder without opening the Force Quit dialog. HTH. - Brad - On Feb 1, 2023, at 15:33, Kaare Dehard wrote: There is an issue with finder on

Re: Disappearing External Drive and Finder issue

2023-02-01 Thread Bradford Snyder
If the drive is formatted NTFS, I recommend reformatting the drive to XFAT. There are other options, but I like XFAT because it can be read by Windows as well as Mac. - Brad - On Feb 1, 2023, at 15:19, Herbie Allen wrote: There could be a number of things. The age of your Mac, the cord, or

Re: Disappearing External Drive and Finder issue

2023-02-01 Thread Kaare Dehard
There is an issue with finder on and off in Ventura. If it gives the no window message cmd-option-escape will allow you to re-launch the finder and may solve the concern. > On Feb 1, 2023, at 4:31 PM, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Thanks. This is not an older Mac, it’s a 2020

Re: Disappearing External Drive and Finder issue

2023-02-01 Thread 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries
Thanks. This is not an older Mac, it’s a 2020 M1. SO I guess I will disconnect all the external drives, all three of them, and restart. I neglected to say that when the Finder stops working, I have to open a program like Mail to shut down the computer at all, and it might take it several

Re: Disappearing External Drive and Finder issue

2023-02-01 Thread Herbie Allen
There could be a number of things. The age of your Mac, the cord, or the drive itself. If yours is an older Mac though, that is most likely the issue. Restart your mac and then plug in the drive. When you open it, give the drive a couple minutes to load. There could also be a formatting issue.

Disappearing External Drive and Finder issue

2023-02-01 Thread 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries
Hello. I bought a nice big hard disc to store books, movies, and music on. It is connected to my Mac mini via a cable. I got messages saying that it had not been ejected properly, though, of course, it had not been ejected at all. If I try to go to my external drives, the finder just stops