Hello All, Many thanks for all your suggestions to overcome my HD/Time Machine problems. Your suggestions are all filed and hopefully I won’t have to access them in the future.
All is well! Wizard Daniel K has been and magic has happened! My iMac is happy and working well and a new, tiny HD has replaced my old, clunky 4TB drive. My Time Machine is now up to date and all is functioning as it should. Looking forward to trouble free computing. Regards Marlene Oostryck > On 22 Feb 2019, at 11:38 am, [email protected] wrote: > > Marlene, > > Zapping the pram is an easy, safe mixup move. > > Startup holding the Apple, option and P & R keys. Hold them until you hear > the startup chime three time before letting the keys go. > > Kevin > > >> On 21 Feb 2019, at 3:30 pm, Marlene Oostryck <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hello Phillipe and Stephen, >> >> Thank you for your suggestions. >> Apologies for my slow response but a busy life had overtaken me! >> >> Stephen C - Yes, I do turn my iMac off periodically, but also often just put >> it to sleep. >> Turning off/on had no impact on my HD problem. >> >> Phillipe C - I didn’t have the confidence to try your suggestion and being >> so busy and needing access to my computer did not wish to possibly mess >> things up any more. >> >> Daniel K (off List) also suggested some action but no successful outcome. >> Expert Daniel K to the rescue on Tues 26/2 - will let you know how the >> problem was resolved to be of help to other members. >> >> Regards >> Marlene Oostryck >> >>> On 1 Feb 2019, at 11:54 pm, Philippe Chaperon <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Marlene, >>> >>> Until the experts confirm otherwise, can you try resetting your NVRAM or >>> PRAM. I have had the same problem on my 27” iMac on 2 occasions and did the >>> reset as advised by Daniel and the drives appeared back on the Desktop. >>> >>> Refer to: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063 >>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063> >>> >>> Hope this solves your problem, but please let the group know one way or the >>> other as your solution could be different. >>> >>> Best regards and good luck, >>> >>> Philippe C. >>> >>> >>> On 1 Feb 2019, at 4:35 pm, Marlene Oostryck <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> iMac 27”, Hi Sierra 10.13.6 >>> >>> 1. Back Up Time Machine - “My Book” - My Book Studio 11 - 4TB - permanently >>> connected >>> Message - 1.91TB of 4TB available >>> Couldn’t complete the backup to “My Book” >>> Last successful backup 10/1/19 (back-up 1/9/11 - >>> 10/1/19) >>> >>> 2. WD Backup Drive 2 >>> Message - 1.34TB of 2Tb available >>> Backups 10/10/18 - 1/11/18 - (planned for monthly >>> backup- away on holidays from 1/11/18 so this HD was disconnected then). >>> >>> >>> No HD icons are showing on Desktop in Finder. >>> All of the above were installed by Daniel Kerr - My Book installed 1/9/11 - >>> Drive 2 installed on 10/10/18 >>> The “My Book” HD unit is continually flashing. >>> >>> Have done a Google search re this problem but not sure how to proceed to >>> get Time Machine showing up on my desktop again and get it functioning as >>> before. >>> >>> Any suggestions would be appreciated. >>> >>> Regards >>> Marlene Oostryck >>> >>> Mob: 0401 416 955 >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>> <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 >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>> <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 >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >> <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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