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7. I have had my Mac loose .a drive and could not make it find it

Thu Nov 26, 2015, 10:13 AM

Nov 2015

I tried to format it etc and diskutil just would not see it. I thought I was going to have to just throw it away. I found this article and tried this method and it worked on the drive and I was able to reformat and save it..

http://www.macissues.com/2014/04/05/how-to-fix-deep-formatting-problems-with-os-x-drives/

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That sounds anxiety provoking. Cats! uppityperson Nov 2015 #1

First, fire the cat NV Whino Nov 2015 #2

Didi you try a restart? LunaSea Nov 2015 #4

Shut down and sign out of your computer. Dr. Xavier Nov 2015 #5

You might open the "finder" preferences trusty elf Nov 2015 #6

I have had my Mac loose .a drive and could not make it find it LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #7

Which model ? Which version of OS ? eppur_se_muova Nov 2015 #8