Hi Daniel Many thanks - I now have my "My Book 4TB" icon looking at me and Time Machine is operating again. I will try and treat it more kindly in future - the restart did it!
Regards Marlene On 11/08/2014, at 2:58 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > Hi Marlene > > Easiest way is generally just restart. That will fix it. > Other way to fix it is to undo all the cables, including power and connection > cable. Then plug it back in. > Both should get it showing up again. > > Kind regards > Daniel > > Sent from my iPhone 5 > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Apple** > > NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and > as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. > Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or > accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this > email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the > author be requested. > > On 11/08/2014, at 2:55 PM, Marlene Oostryck <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello All >> >> iMac 10.6.8 Snow Leopard >> >> I was a bit sleepy and instead of dismounting a camera card, I dismounted my >> 4TB WD Hard Drive connected to Time Machine. >> - My Book icon disappeared from the desktop. >> >> I tried to access Time Machine to restore it but I get the message: >> "Your Time Machine backup disc can't be found". >> >> 4TB WD - shows up in Disc Utility >> My Book - is greyed out. >> >> Is there some simple way to remount my WD My Book? >> >> (Lesson - don't work on a computer when you are sleepy!) >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> Regards >> >> Marlene Oostryck >> -- 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> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- 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> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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