On 16/10/2010, at 12:56 PM, thefrogs wrote:
> > I may have missed this but My Time machine seems not to see the backupdrive > on my desk top. I can open preferences and manually select the drive and I > get a backup there and then. I have also noticed that the drive drops off the > desk top and then re-appears. Slightly annoying but what do I do about it. > Every thing is current to 10.6.4 iMac 24". > tom samson > When is the last time you checked on the health of the external drive? The first and easiest way is to run Disk Utility (Applications/Utilities) and make sure that the external drive shows up, then click the "Repair Disk" button. This will detect and fix any problems. If this doesn't work, you may have to invest in a more specialist application such as Data Rescue. I used this successfully last week to restore a Time Machine disc which was refusing to mount at all, and which Disk Utility was unable to repair. Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 064 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- 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>
