Thanks Jonathan, I didn't know the drive didn't have to be visible, the day has been a success, I've had another lesson.
John Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 5, 2017, at 9:41 PM, Jonathan Fletcher <li...@fletcherdata.com> wrote: > > Ann (and John), > > Disk Utility does not need the drives to be visible on the desktop to work > with them. They can even be worked with when unmounted, but they do need to > be connected. I would try disconnecting the drive and reconnecting it to see > if it will show up in Disk Utility. Everything should show up there all the > time if it can recognize it. There might be something wrong with the drive, > or it may just need to be reconnected. If that doesn’t work, restart the > machine with the drive connected. > > There will be one or more files on the drive visible in Finder if it has > anything Time-Machine-y on it, is mounted correctly and is working normally. > > I would reformat the drive and start over with your Time Machine regimen. If > the drive then gives you ANY more problems e-cycle it and get a new one. > Life’s too precious to waste it with misbehaving electronic devices. > > Jonathan > > > >> On Jul 5, 2017, at 9:31 PM, John Robinson <profilecoven...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> If you have everything checked as I do then It looks like it would show up >> on your desktop, where DiskUtility needs to see it to format. > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > jonat...@fletcherdata.com > > Kentuckiana FileMaker Developers Group > Next Meeting: 7/25/17 > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macgroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macgroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
