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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Disk has lost its icon?
Date: 14 Jul 2021 18:43:00 GMT
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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?

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