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MacBook (OSX Yosemite) no longer recognizing my WD External Hard Drive
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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1630032" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>I'm surprised it doesnt show up in the PC device manager. I would have thought it would have been accessible in one or the other. If it shows in the PC device manager it can be reformatted to FAT 32. This will erase it of course. Then it can be reformatted on the Mac.</p><p>I'm really a little (no offence) surprised at the OP's concerns about the Time Machine backups. After all I would have thought it unlikely that anyone would want t to revert to or restore a two year old file.</p><p>I sincerely hope that like my daughter PKthunder has not been erasing files under the assumption they could be restored at any time from Time Machine. Unfortunately she did this with iPhoto. As we know that is not what time machine is for. Time Machine is a recovery system not a long term storage option.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1630032, member: 204485"] I'm surprised it doesnt show up in the PC device manager. I would have thought it would have been accessible in one or the other. If it shows in the PC device manager it can be reformatted to FAT 32. This will erase it of course. Then it can be reformatted on the Mac. I'm really a little (no offence) surprised at the OP's concerns about the Time Machine backups. After all I would have thought it unlikely that anyone would want t to revert to or restore a two year old file. I sincerely hope that like my daughter PKthunder has not been erasing files under the assumption they could be restored at any time from Time Machine. Unfortunately she did this with iPhoto. As we know that is not what time machine is for. Time Machine is a recovery system not a long term storage option. [/QUOTE]
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