Does anything appear under ‘external’ in Disk Utility left column?
Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > On 10 Mar 2019, at 2:50 pm, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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> > -- 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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