RE: Odd issue with external harddisk.

2020-05-26 Thread Karen Lewellen
Holmberg Sent: Tuesday, 26 May 2020 9:39 PM To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Odd issue with external harddisk. Hi! Yes i have used diskutil but not sure what other tools to use. I was thinking of going thunderbolt instead of usb but its a bit expensive. /A 26 maj 2020 kl. 11:19 skrev

Re: Odd issue with external harddisk.

2020-05-26 Thread Anders Holmberg
at the drives life status using some form of diagnostic >>> tools. >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On >>> Behalf Of Anders Holmberg >>> Sent: Tuesday, 26 May 2020 6:38 AM >>> To: 'E.T.' via MacVis

Re: Odd issue with external harddisk.

2020-05-26 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
fter time, >> >> I'd be looking at the drives life status using some form of diagnostic tools. >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On >> Behalf Of Anders Holmberg >> Sent: Tuesday, 26 May 2020 6:38 AM >>

RE: Odd issue with external harddisk.

2020-05-26 Thread Simon A Fogarty
as they do some times cause problems. Good luck. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg Sent: Tuesday, 26 May 2020 9:39 PM To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Odd issue with external harddisk. Hi! Yes i have used diskutil

Re: Odd issue with external harddisk.

2020-05-26 Thread Anders Holmberg
die after time, > > I'd be looking at the drives life status using some form of diagnostic tools. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Anders Holmberg > Sent: Tuesday, 26 May 2020 6:38 AM > To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionar

RE: Odd issue with external harddisk.

2020-05-26 Thread Simon A Fogarty
:38 AM To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Subject: Odd issue with external harddisk. Hi! I have a samsung external spinning harddrive which i normally connects to a 7 port usb 3 hub. For some reason the drive does not work any more when i connect it to the usb hub. When i connect it to the mac

Re: Odd issue with external harddisk.

2020-05-26 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! THe power is on and the computer does not indicates any problem. I better get me a mac mini that has more ports i guess. /A > 25 maj 2020 kl. 20:50 skrev Jonathan Cohn : > > Does your USB port have a power connector, and if so is it currently on? I > would expect that to be the most

Re: Odd issue with external harddisk.

2020-05-25 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Does your USB port have a power connector, and if so is it currently on? I would expect that to be the most probable problem, though generally, when I plug in a USB device that the computer cannot provide enough power for, the computer will put up a dialog box indicating so. Also, I am fairly

Odd issue with external harddisk.

2020-05-25 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I have a samsung external spinning harddrive which i normally connects to a 7 port usb 3 hub. For some reason the drive does not work any more when i connect it to the usb hub. When i connect it to the mac directly it doesn’t. THough it has worked when i connected it to the usb hub so i am