Thanks Ronni, I’ll do as you’ve suggested. I’ve just tried to backup by using SuperDuper, and have received the following error message:
| 11:31:41 AM | Info | Unable to open source file /Users/michael/Library/Mail/V2/pop-hawk...@mail.iinet.net.au <mailto:Users/michael/Library/Mail/V2/pop-hawk...@mail.iinet.net.au>/INBOX.mbox/903F6D09-E1B5-4CC2-92F6-0CD83639ACEC/Data/4/1/Messages/14557.emlx due to error: 13, Permission denied | 11:31:41 AM | Info | Error copying /Users/michael/Library/Mail/V2/pop-hawk...@mail.iinet.net.au <mailto:Users/michael/Library/Mail/V2/pop-hawk...@mail.iinet.net.au>/INBOX.mbox/903F6D09-E1B5-4CC2-92F6-0CD83639ACEC/Data/4/1/Messages/14557.emlx to /Volumes/My Passport for Mac/Users/michael/Library/Mail/V2/pop-hawk...@mail.iinet.net.au <mailto:Mac/Users/michael/Library/Mail/V2/pop-hawk...@mail.iinet.net.au>/INBOX.mbox/903F6D09-E1B5-4CC2-92F6-0CD83639ACEC/Data/4/1/Messages/14557.emlx of type 8 due to error 13 | 11:31:41 AM | Error | SDCopy: Error copying /Users/michael/Library/Mail/V2/pop-hawk...@mail.iinet.net.au <mailto:Users/michael/Library/Mail/V2/pop-hawk...@mail.iinet.net.au>/INBOX.mbox/903F6D09-E1B5-4CC2-92F6-0CD83639ACEC/Data/4/1/Messages/14557.emlx to /Volumes/My Passport for Mac/Users/michael/Library/Mail/V2/pop-hawk...@mail.iinet.net.au <mailto:Mac/Users/michael/Library/Mail/V2/pop-hawk...@mail.iinet.net.au>/INBOX.mbox/903F6D09-E1B5-4CC2-92F6-0CD83639ACEC/Data/4/1/Messages/14557.emlx of type 8 due to error 13: Permission denied Looks like I may have to go to iinet to get something sorted out. Cheers, Michael. > On 8 Jul 2016, at 10:16 am, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com > <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote: > > >> On 8 Jul 2016, at 8:41 AM, Michael Hawkins <michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au >> <mailto:michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au>> wrote: >> >> One other thing has happened, and that is that the hard-drive icon does not >> show up on the desktop. It was there when I shut down the computer last >> night, but didn't appear when I started the computer up this morning. >> Repairing permissions and restarting did not reinstate the icon. > > > On your Desktop - Click on Finder > Preferences in Menu Bar top left > Select General - Show these items on the desktop > Select ✔ all Hard disks, External disks, CDs, DVDs, and iPods, Connected > servers > > Also still in Finder Preferences - check Sidebar & Advanced that your > settings are as you want. > > Deleting the Desktop Preference file to fix your other problem, can cause > some settings to change back to default. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) > 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz > 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM > 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage > > El Capitan OS X 10.11.5 > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>>
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