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iMac 27" crash, unable to access hard drive or back up

my 27" iMac crashed, have reloaded macOS Catalina but had to use My Passport for Mac as a start up disk. I am unable to access the internal hard drive (Fusion drive 3.12TB) or the external OWC Elite Pro backup drive. It has 1.55GB available space to 2TB. Regardless what I do it tells me "can't open because in Time Machine Backup". I can't access Time Machine because it also says the same "in Time Machine Backup". Any suggestions ?? thanks mike

iMac 27″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Jul 26, 2022 5:37 AM

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iMac 27" crash, unable to access hard drive or back up

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