Re: Ext drive connectivity

Hi Peter, Not directly relevant, but I found this article on the CCC website, regarding Catalina Issues, interesting https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/macos-catalina-known-issues Remember when "it just works" was uttered with a (relatively) straight face - though never completely accurate ;o)

Re: Ext drive connectivity

Thanks Daniel, I have followed your instructions and it now appears to be working. the External drive/s are showing on the desktop and in Disk Utility. The Time Machine backups ceased in February right after the system upgrade to Catalina and a misterious message appeared stating the system

Re: Ext drive connectivity

> On 14 Jun 2020, at 9:41 am, John Thompson wrote: > > Maybe Peter H. or Daniel Kerr could assist in this one. > > For quite a number of years I have been using a Voyager Q External drive, > purchased from Daniel, for my Backup and Time Machine, connected to my Mac > Mini (Late 2014) via

Re: Ext drive connectivity

Hi John As far as I’m aware Catalina does still work with Firewire. The only thing they “disabled” is that you can’t boot from a Firewire device anymore. But you can still access Firewire drives if you have a Firewire (or similar) port. One thing I would try first is to unplug all the cables

Re: Backup iPhone

Thank you for info. > On 14 Jun 20, at 2:26 pm, Stephen Chape wrote: > > Hi Alan. > > Plug your iPhone into your Mac. > On your Mac open Music in the Dock. > In the left hand menu on Mac click on “your phone” > Then in the top right corner of Mac screen click on “Sync Settings” > Backup

Re: internet connectivity problems

Hi Rosemary, Regarding the speed variability – that is not necessarily down to any problem with your setup. One thing about the current zombie apocalypse has been a huge increase in NBN traffic. They have been working on increasing capacity to address this but I have certainly noticed

Re: Backup iPhone

Hi Alan. Plug your iPhone into your Mac. On your Mac open Music in the Dock. In the left hand menu on Mac click on “your phone” Then in the top right corner of Mac screen click on “Sync Settings” Backup should be available there. > On 14 Jun 2020, at 10:48 am, Alan Fenton wrote: > > Hello > I

Re: Ext drive connectivity

Hi John. I have used this online facility for cables and adaptors in the past. They have been helpful and have a huge range. https://www.cablechick.com.au > On 14 Jun 2020, at 9:41 am, John Thompson wrote: > > Maybe Peter H. or Daniel Kerr could assist in

Re: I need some suggestions

Hi Pat, Something you could try is running the inbuilt Mac hardware testing diagnostics - depending on what the problem is it may or may not work/help - but worth a try. I don't know what the age or OSX version is for your MacPro but: For Macs released before June 2013 run Apple