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OS X Lion will not read external hard drives and USB flash drives
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<blockquote data-quote="sticko" data-source="post: 1302355" data-attributes="member: 216416"><p><strong>Solution</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>hey tompam, dunno if you have sussed out ur dramas yet... </p><p></p><p>i had the same problem and tore chunks of hair out trying to solve it...</p><p></p><p>basically all i did to over come the problem was to open Finder preferences, click the sidebar tab, and where the "devices" list is, the "hard disks" part had a little - sign highlighted in blue next to it. basically i just clicked that and it turned into a tick sign and magically all my USB flash drives, SD cards and external hard drives all mount properly now...</p><p></p><p>i hope this solves your problems. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> ;D</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sticko, post: 1302355, member: 216416"] [b]Solution[/b] hey tompam, dunno if you have sussed out ur dramas yet... i had the same problem and tore chunks of hair out trying to solve it... basically all i did to over come the problem was to open Finder preferences, click the sidebar tab, and where the "devices" list is, the "hard disks" part had a little - sign highlighted in blue next to it. basically i just clicked that and it turned into a tick sign and magically all my USB flash drives, SD cards and external hard drives all mount properly now... i hope this solves your problems. :D ;D [/QUOTE]
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