Hello Phillipe and Stephen, Thank you for your suggestions. Apologies for my slow response but a busy life had overtaken me!
Stephen C - Yes, I do turn my iMac off periodically, but also often just put it to sleep. Turning off/on had no impact on my HD problem. Phillipe C - I didn’t have the confidence to try your suggestion and being so busy and needing access to my computer did not wish to possibly mess things up any more. Daniel K (off List) also suggested some action but no successful outcome. Expert Daniel K to the rescue on Tues 26/2 - will let you know how the problem was resolved to be of help to other members. Regards Marlene Oostryck > On 1 Feb 2019, at 11:54 pm, Philippe Chaperon <laut...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Hi Marlene, > > Until the experts confirm otherwise, can you try resetting your NVRAM or > PRAM. I have had the same problem on my 27” iMac on 2 occasions and did the > reset as advised by Daniel and the drives appeared back on the Desktop. > > Refer to: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063 > <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063> > > Hope this solves your problem, but please let the group know one way or the > other as your solution could be different. > > Best regards and good luck, > > Philippe C. > > > On 1 Feb 2019, at 4:35 pm, Marlene Oostryck <oostr...@optusnet.com.au > <mailto:oostr...@optusnet.com.au>> wrote: > > Hello All, > > iMac 27”, Hi Sierra 10.13.6 > > 1. Back Up Time Machine - “My Book” - My Book Studio 11 - 4TB - permanently > connected > Message - 1.91TB of 4TB available > Couldn’t complete the backup to “My Book” > Last successful backup 10/1/19 (back-up 1/9/11 - > 10/1/19) > > 2. WD Backup Drive 2 > Message - 1.34TB of 2Tb available > Backups 10/10/18 - 1/11/18 - (planned for monthly > backup- away on holidays from 1/11/18 so this HD was disconnected then). > > > No HD icons are showing on Desktop in Finder. > All of the above were installed by Daniel Kerr - My Book installed 1/9/11 - > Drive 2 installed on 10/10/18 > The “My Book” HD unit is continually flashing. > > Have done a Google search re this problem but not sure how to proceed to get > Time Machine showing up on my desktop again and get it functioning as before. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Regards > Marlene Oostryck > > Mob: 0401 416 955 > oostr...@optusnet.com.au <mailto:oostr...@optusnet.com.au> > > > > > > > -- 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>> > > > -- 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> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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