Just had a quick look with Disk Utility. When the USB is plugged in, nothing appears down the left side of DU. No volume represented at all - not even greyed out.
Regards Pete > On 10 Mar 2019, at 2:28 pm, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > The volume of the external drive will be grayed out until the Disk is > ‘verified’ and then ‘Repaired’. But the external drive should show as it’s > the volume which hasn’t been ejected correctly. > > Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > > >> On 10 Mar 2019, at 2:17 pm, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ok ha ha ha thanks for that Ronni. I had opened Disk Utility but the volume >> doesn’t show in the first instance to attempt a repair. But I will keep >> trying to get it to mount. >> >> I am off to Rushton Park to see the WCE V Dockers Derby soon and will sit >> down with a wine to have a crack at it again. >> >> Regards >> >> >> Pete >> >>> On 10 Mar 2019, at 1:49 pm, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Peter, >>> >>> This will take many try’s, but persist with it. You might need a glass or >>> two of wine or beer Peter. >>> >>> 1. Connect the external drive to your wife’s MacBook >>> 2. Open Disk Utility > in the left column, select the volume of the >>> external drive >>> 3. Click ‘Repair Disk’ >>> You will keep receiving the Error: ‘Disk Utility can’t repair this Disk etc >>> because the drive has not been ejected properly’ >>> But keep hitting Repair Disk until it eventually runs correctly through and >>> completes the process of repairing the drive. >>> 4. Disconnect the Drive correctly and remove it from the USB port. >>> >>> Let’s know if it gets rid of the Notification notice when the external is >>> connected again to the MacBook. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Ronni >>> >>> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >>> >>> >>>> On 10 Mar 2019, at 12:22 pm, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi folks, last night my daughter inadvertently when moving my wife’s >>>> MacBook with external drive (Photos library) attached, unbeknown to her >>>> had caused a glitch in the connection to the MBP - probably just wiggled >>>> the USB lead. When I went to look at it later there was a notification >>>> “Disk not ejected properly”. Of course she had nothing at all to do with >>>> it, it was the fairies. Anyway, after that I tried to get the MBP to >>>> recognise the external drive and it wont recognise it. It wont mount to my >>>> wife’s MBP. It mounts fine to my own MBP and content is seen as expected. >>>> >>>> I have done the PRAM and SMC controller resets and numerous reboots and >>>> still no luck mounting the drive in either of the two USB ports. >>>> >>>> Any tips on this please? >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> >>>> Pete >>>> -- 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> >> -- 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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