This may have been mentioned already, but if you run Disk Utility (it's in Applications / Utilities) do they appear in the sidebar? If greyed out you can right-click on them and select "mount". I do this with my external SSD as I like to leave it plugged in but not mounted unless I'm actually using it. My Time Machine drives are always physically disconnected when I'm not using them.
Cheers, Dave > On May 16, 2024, at 2:11 AM, David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I should add, its not always the case of the HD's not appearing but once in > a whale, especially if it sleeps a long time > > Dave > > On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 9:50 AM David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi gang >> >> So my new iMac 24" is working reasonably well, and am happy with it so >> far, M3 chip. >> >> However I have two older external HDs that are about 6 or 7 years old and >> a new external HD that is my new Time machine. My back us are labeled 7 and >> 7a, for the most part 7 does not show up at all anymore but 7a and time >> machine do, but, when i let the machine g to sleep for a while and wake it >> up, 7a does not appear and sometime Time machine does not appear in the >> side bar. >> >> I have to restart the machine. >> >> OIm using a usb hub to usbC device and have tried directly connecting hd7a >> and 7 but with little luck, after waking up 7a does not appear. >> I also bought a new cable for the hD'ds. >> >> Any thoughts, is my time machine drive showing up as more stable cause its >> new?? >> >> Dave >> >> -- >> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >> www.caughtinmotion.com >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> York Region, Ontario, Canada >> > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
