Hi Rosemary, What version of Disk Utility are you using? It should be version 11.5 If it isn't download & install the Combo version overtop of your system. Mac OS X v10.6.2 Update (Combo) <http://support.apple.com/kb/DL959>
If you do have the correct version of Disk Utility, I would suggest you try running Disk Utility from another Admin. User Account. If you don't have another Admin User Account on your MBP, create a temporary account (you can delete it later if you wish). If Disk Utility works from the other/new Admin Account, then the problem is in the your User account. If the other/new Admin Account also fails, then I'd run it from the SL Installation DVD. Just boot from the DVD and after you choose the language, go up to the Menu bar, Utility's, and run it from there. I think get Disk Utility working fist then we tackle why external drives are not mounting. Running the Combo Update overtop often sorts problems out, especially if something has been missed in updates. Cheers, Ronni On 17/01/2010, at 12:27 PM, Rosemary Horton wrote: > For a while now usb and external drives have not appeared in Finder even > though the preference to show them is turned on. > > Now both don't appear on the desktop. They appeared yesterday..just not today. > > Also Disk Utility refuses to load. > > Anyone any ideas? > > Model Name: MacBook Pro > Model Identifier: MacBookPro2,2 > Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo > Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz > Number Of Processors: 1 > Total Number Of Cores: 2 > L2 Cache: 4 MB > Memory: 3 GB > Bus Speed: 667 MHz > Boot ROM Version: MBP22.00A5.B07 > System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.2 (10C540) > Kernel Version: Darwin 10.2.0 > > > -- > Rosemary Horton > rosemary.hor...@gmail.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
