I have an external 2TB disk I use for backups. The backups are going just fine, as is its use by Time Machine, so it is obviously mounted and reasonably happy.
However, no disk icon for it appears on the desktop [MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) running macOS 11.4] That's not something I am familar with, and I don't know what is missing or how to fix it. Disk Utility doesn't seem to cover it.
In article <sclih8$sm4$1@panix3.panix.com>, Brian Gordon
<briang@panix.com> wrote:
I have an external 2TB disk I use for backups. The backups are going just >> fine, as is its use by Time Machine, so it is obviously mounted and
reasonably happy.
However, no disk icon for it appears on the desktop [MacBook Pro (Retina,
13-inch, Early 2015) running macOS 11.4] That's not something I am familar >> with, and I don't know what is missing or how to fix it. Disk Utility
doesn't seem to cover it.
check finder prefs to see if external hard disks should be shown on the >desktop.
I have an external 2TB disk I use for backups. The backups are going just >> fine, as is its use by Time Machine, so it is obviously mounted and
reasonably happy.
However, no disk icon for it appears on the desktop [MacBook Pro (Retina, >> 13-inch, Early 2015) running macOS 11.4] That's not something I am familar
with, and I don't know what is missing or how to fix it. Disk Utility
doesn't seem to cover it.
check finder prefs to see if external hard disks should be shown on the >desktop.
Thanks for the tip - I shoud have mentioned that Finder Preferences are set to show them and that when I plug in a different disk, its icon appears as expected. This one seems unique.
In article <sclmd2$gh2$1@reader1.panix.com>, Brian Gordon
<briang@panix.com> wrote:
I have an external 2TB disk I use for backups. The backups are going just
fine, as is its use by Time Machine, so it is obviously mounted and
reasonably happy.
However, no disk icon for it appears on the desktop [MacBook Pro (Retina, >> >> 13-inch, Early 2015) running macOS 11.4] That's not something I am familar
with, and I don't know what is missing or how to fix it. Disk Utility
doesn't seem to cover it.
check finder prefs to see if external hard disks should be shown on the
desktop.
Thanks for the tip - I should have mentioned that Finder Preferences are set >> to show them and that when I plug in a different disk, its icon appears as >> expected. This one seems unique.
did it ever show?
However, no disk icon for it appears on the desktop [MacBook Pro
(Retina,
13-inch, Early 2015) running macOS 11.4] That's not something I am
familar
with, and I don't know what is missing or how to fix it. Disk Utility >> >> doesn't seem to cover it.
check finder prefs to see if external hard disks should be shown on the >> >desktop.
Thanks for the tip - I should have mentioned that Finder Preferences are >> set
to show them and that when I plug in a different disk, its icon appears as >> expected. This one seems unique.
did it ever show?
Unfortunately, not yet.
I just had Disk Utility check it, and it found
nothing wrong.
I have an external 2TB disk I use for backups. The backups are going just fine, as is its use by Time Machine, so it is obviously mounted and reasonably happy.
However, no disk icon for it appears on the desktop [MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) running macOS 11.4] That's not something I am familar with, and I don't know what is missing or how to fix it. Disk Utility doesn't seem to cover it.
Help?
With the drive connected and mounted, open a terminal window and execute >this command:
ls -lO /Volumes
What is the output?
drwxr-xr-x 36 root wheel sunlnk 1292 May 20 11:44 Backup drwx------ 3 brianggordon wheel - 96 Jun 6 22:51 STICK2 drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel - 96 Jul 13 22:18 com.apple.TimeMachine.localsnapshots
"Backup" is the disk under discussion.
After two hours on the phone today, Apple support said to call the disk manufacturer (Seagate). That's ongoing and continued tomorrow.
On 2021-07-14, Brian Gordon <briang@panix.com> wrote:
I have an external 2TB disk I use for backups. The backups are going just >> fine, as is its use by Time Machine, so it is obviously mounted and
reasonably happy.
However, no disk icon for it appears on the desktop [MacBook Pro (Retina,
13-inch, Early 2015) running macOS 11.4] That's not something I am familar >> with, and I don't know what is missing or how to fix it. Disk Utility
doesn't seem to cover it.
Help?
With the drive connected and mounted, open a terminal window and execute
this command:
ls -lO /Volumes
What is the output?
In article <il8phkF5d6bU1@mid.individual.net>,
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
With the drive connected and mounted, open a terminal window and execute >>this command:
ls -lO /Volumes
What is the output?
drwxr-xr-x 36 root wheel sunlnk 1292 May 20 11:44 Backup drwx------ 3 brianggordon wheel - 96 Jun 6 22:51 STICK2 drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel - 96 Jul 13 22:18 com.apple.TimeMachine.localsnapshots
"Backup" is the disk under discussion.
After two hours on the phone today, Apple support said to call the disk manufacturer (Seagate). That's ongoing and continued tomorrow.
I have an external 2TB disk I use for backups. The backups are going just fine, as is its use by Time Machine, so it is obviously mounted and reasonably happy.--
However, no disk icon for it appears on the desktop [MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) running macOS 11.4] That's not something I am familar with, and I don't know what is missing or how to fix it. Disk Utility doesn't seem to cover it.
Help?
Have you tried a brand new macOS user account yet in the same Mac? Also
try another Mac (don't back up though) if you have access to one?
In article <2OudnRjfiZANYW39nZ2dnUU7-T-dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
Have you tried a brand new macOS user account yet in the same Mac? Also
try another Mac (don't back up though) if you have access to one?
BINGO. I switched to another user account that is left over from years ago - and the icon appeared! Let's see Apple blame that on the disk manufacturer!
On 2021-07-16, Brian Gordon <briang@panix.com> wrote:
In article <2OudnRjfiZANYW39nZ2dnUU7-T-dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
Have you tried a brand new macOS user account yet in the same Mac? Also >>try another Mac (don't back up though) if you have access to one?
BINGO. I switched to another user account that is left over from years ago -
and the icon appeared! Let's see Apple blame that on the disk manufacturer!
There's probably a corrupt preference file or cache file in your normal account. You could start by deleting the contents of the
~/Library/Caches folder in your normal account. If that doesn't work,
try removing preference files for Finder, Dock, and so on. These files
are rebuilt from scratch when they are missing.
For best results, log out of your normal account first, log into an administrator account, delete the file(s) in question, then log
into your normal account again to have them rebuilt from scratch. If you
want to isolate the problem files, you'll do this in stages rather than
all at once.
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
On 2021-07-16, Brian Gordon <briang@panix.com> wrote:
In article <2OudnRjfiZANYW39nZ2dnUU7-T-dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
Have you tried a brand new macOS user account yet in the same Mac? Also
try another Mac (don't back up though) if you have access to one?
BINGO. I switched to another user account that is left over from years ago -
and the icon appeared! Let's see Apple blame that on the disk manufacturer!
There's probably a corrupt preference file or cache file in your normal
account. You could start by deleting the contents of the
~/Library/Caches folder in your normal account. If that doesn't work,
try removing preference files for Finder, Dock, and so on. These files
are rebuilt from scratch when they are missing.
For best results, log out of your normal account first, log into an
administrator account, delete the file(s) in question, then log
into your normal account again to have them rebuilt from scratch. If you
want to isolate the problem files, you'll do this in stages rather than
all at once.
I wonder if booting safe mode would still show this issue in the
problematic account. IIRC, macOS' safe mode purges caches.
On 2021-07-17, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
On 2021-07-16, Brian Gordon <briang@panix.com> wrote:
In article <2OudnRjfiZANYW39nZ2dnUU7-T-dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
Have you tried a brand new macOS user account yet in the same Mac? Also >> >>try another Mac (don't back up though) if you have access to one?
BINGO. I switched to another user account that is left over from years ago -
and the icon appeared! Let's see Apple blame that on the disk manufacturer!
There's probably a corrupt preference file or cache file in your normal
account. You could start by deleting the contents of the
~/Library/Caches folder in your normal account. If that doesn't work,
try removing preference files for Finder, Dock, and so on. These files
are rebuilt from scratch when they are missing.
For best results, log out of your normal account first, log into an
administrator account, delete the file(s) in question, then log
into your normal account again to have them rebuilt from scratch. If you >> want to isolate the problem files, you'll do this in stages rather than
all at once.
I wonder if booting safe mode would still show this issue in the problematic account. IIRC, macOS' safe mode purges caches.
I can't recall whether it deletes caches or temporarily disables them.
Either way, it's worth a shot.
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