Hello Ronni, Once again you have identified the cause of the problem - with the solution attached.
Yet again - thank you very much. Cheers, Graham > On 3 Jan 2018, at 8:02 pm, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > Hello again Graham before I sign off for the day. > > If you still experience problems… it could be a sleep issue. > There are a number of reasons why your Mac won’t recognise a drive. > If you have a drive already mounted and your system goes to sleep, it also > powers down ports, including USB ports. > When you wake your Mac up, for whatever reason, your external drive does not > wake up. > > Sometimes relaunching the Finder might help. > To Relaunch Finder: Hold ‘Option’ Key on Finder icon in Dock select > ‘Relaunch’. > > With my USB Thumb drives I prefer to always eject them safely after I’ve > finished using them because not doing so risks damage to the data on the > thumb drive. > > It’s a good idea to get in the habit of removing your media drives safely. It > doesn’t always happen, but if you fail to remove your drives properly while > they’re busy doing something, you might just mess something up on the drive > itself. > > Cheers, > Ronni > >> On 3 Jan 2018, at 5:42 pm, Graham Rabe <gra...@rabe.com.au >> <mailto:gra...@rabe.com.au>> wrote: >> >> Hello Ronni, >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Graham >> >>> On 3 Jan 2018, at 5:12 pm, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com >>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Graham, >>> >>> In Finder Preferences > General - New Finder windows show: graham (or >>> whatever your home user account name is). >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >>> >>> >>> On 3 Jan 2018, at 4:51 pm, Graham Rabe <gra...@rabe.com.au >>> <mailto:gra...@rabe.com.au>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Ronni, >>>> >>>> Yes - all those are there - but the problem is that sometimes when some >>>> USB devices are actually connected, they are not shown under Devices in >>>> the Finder sidebar nor are any of those items ever on the Desktop - never >>>> have been. >>>> >>>> In Finder Preferences > General, there is another item below that headed >>>> “New Finder windows show” and then I can choose one from the following: >>>> My home name, Desktop, Documents and iCloud Drive. Set as a default there >>>> is “Documents”. What should I have in there? >>>> >>>> If the problem persists I will in future try using the Disk Utility method. >>>> >>>> Thanks for your help Ronni. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Graham >>>> >>>>> On 3 Jan 2018, at 4:41 pm, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com >>>>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello Graham, >>>>> >>>>> I hope 2018 is a very good year for you also. >>>>> >>>>> Check in Finder Preferences > General - ‘show these items on the desktop’ >>>>> Are all selected there? Hard disks, External disks, CDs, DVDs, and iPods, >>>>> Connected servers? >>>>> Then the USB devices will show in both Finder sidebar & on the Desktop >>>>> and can be ejected correctly by either. >>>>> >>>>> Also you can eject a USB external in Disk Utility. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Ronni >>>>> >>>>> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 3 Jan 2018, at 4:06 pm, Graham Rabe <gra...@rabe.com.au >>>>> <mailto:gra...@rabe.com.au>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello Ronni, >>>>>> >>>>>> Firstly - all the best to you for 2018. >>>>>> >>>>>> In Finder Preferences all boxes are ticked except the iMac itself but >>>>>> there is no “Desktop” under Devices. Desktop appears under Favorites. >>>>>> >>>>>> None of the Devices shown in Sidebar are ever on the Desktop so I can’t >>>>>> use the Desktop method (Command-E) >>>>>> >>>>>> So the bottom line is that unless the device is shown under “Devices” in >>>>>> the Sidebar, I have no way of safely ejecting the device (assuming it is >>>>>> not there but is plugged into the USB port) if I need to to use the USB >>>>>> port for some other device. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> >>>>>> Graham >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 3 Jan 2018, at 3:40 pm, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com >>>>>>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello Graham, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In Finder Preferences > Sidebar - ‘show these items in the sidebar’. >>>>>>> Do you have Desktop selected as well as ‘Devices’? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You must always eject a USB device correctly either by clicking the >>>>>>> eject ‘icon’ ⏏️ beside the Item under Devices - or by selecting >>>>>>> (highlight) the USB icon on the Desktop and go to File > Eject ( or >>>>>>> Command-E keys) to eject the USB from the Desktop. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>> Ronni >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 3 Jan 2018, at 2:53 pm, Graham Rabe <gra...@rabe.com.au >>>>>>> <mailto:gra...@rabe.com.au>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> When I attach a USB thumb drive or WD hard drive or Garmin device to >>>>>>>> my iMac they show up in the usual place in Finder - under “Devices”. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> But lately when I go to remove the device in Finder after a day or >>>>>>>> two, the device is no longer shown there. 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