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external disk does not appear in sidebar

I have several external disk connected to my M1 MBP through a hub. One of them refuses to show on the sidebar. It shows in the desktop and works ok but when I need to access it I have to go to the desktop and open it in the icon. My settings are ok and the other disks behave normally. First aid won't help because when I try to run it, it can't unmount the volume. Formatting the drive is not an option, it's a 12TB and I have no place or time to back it up

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 13.0

Posted on Dec 26, 2022 11:12 AM

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Posted on Dec 26, 2022 12:10 PM

syntagma wrote:

I have several external disk connected to my M1 MBP through a hub. One of them refuses to show on the sidebar. It shows in the desktop and works ok but when I need to access it I have to go to the desktop and open it in the icon. My settings are ok and the other disks behave normally. First aid won't help because when I try to run it, it can't unmount the volume. Formatting the drive is not an option, it's a 12TB and I have no place or time to back it up

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Finder >Settings>Sidebar>Locations



Nothing—From the Finder window/sidebar move your Mouse to the right side of the column Flip the carrot...






Change Finder Settings

Change Finder settings on Mac - Apple Support


Get to know the Finder on your Mac

Get to know the Finder on your Mac - Apple Support


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Organize your files in the Finder on Mac - Apple Support



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Dec 26, 2022 12:10 PM in response to syntagma

syntagma wrote:

I have several external disk connected to my M1 MBP through a hub. One of them refuses to show on the sidebar. It shows in the desktop and works ok but when I need to access it I have to go to the desktop and open it in the icon. My settings are ok and the other disks behave normally. First aid won't help because when I try to run it, it can't unmount the volume. Formatting the drive is not an option, it's a 12TB and I have no place or time to back it up

?


Finder >Settings>Sidebar>Locations



Nothing—From the Finder window/sidebar move your Mouse to the right side of the column Flip the carrot...






Change Finder Settings

Change Finder settings on Mac - Apple Support


Get to know the Finder on your Mac

Get to know the Finder on your Mac - Apple Support


See and organize your files in the Finder on Mac - Apple ...

Organize your files in the Finder on Mac - Apple Support



external disk does not appear in sidebar

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