Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix1.panix.com!not-for-mail From: briang@panix.com (Brian Gordon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc Subject: Re: Disk has lost its icon? Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 01:36:28 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 01:36:28 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix1.panix.com:166.84.1.1"; logging-data="24886"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc:2215 In article , Jolly Roger wrote: >On 2021-07-14, Brian Gordon 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? > 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. -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | Brian Gordon -->briang@panix.com<-- brian dot gordon at cox dot net | + bgordon@aol.com Bass: NSC Frank Thorne + -------------------------------------------------------------------------------