I wanted to know if anyone has had the issue I experienced last night. I had prepared an email in Mail and then wanted to attach a few documents that were residing on my USB external drive attached to my Time Capsule. I selected "Attach" the one with the paper clip, and then I got the "colourful beach ball". The Finder look-alike browse panel had presented itself and was set to my external drive initially I think because that was the last location that I had browsed to. I walked to the Time Capsule (with External drive attached) and noted that the external drive was not spinning up ready for business due to the enquiry to find the files to attach.
I had to finally crash the Macbook - a very undesirable and uncouth action. Maybe there was an alternative but I didn't know what action. In any case, following a reboot of the Macbook, I was able to use the Finder directly to browse to the files and successfully located them, copied them to the desktop, then drag/dropped them into the email. But I should be able to just Attach these docs directly I feel using the Attach function. Is the "Attach" command (for a file located on a Time Capsule external drive) normally a problem like this for others? What could be going on that prevents the external drive from waking up and responding to the request? The time capsule is wirelessly connected to the Macbook (Snow Leopard), and the external drive attached to the USB port of the TC. I cant recall if I had the same issue as this when I used Entourage initially. Cheers Peter... ***************************** NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, "information") contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- 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> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
