Ventura 13.2 Not showing external USB drive in Finder sidebar but it's visible in /Volumes

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Ventura 13.2 Not showing external USB drive in Finder sidebar but it's visible in /Volumes

Just today I needed to restore a file from my backup that was created in Carbon Copy Cloner then realized the external usb drive isn't showing in Finder. I can however access it by going to /Volumes or even from CCC's reveal in finder, but it won't show up in the sidebar or on the desktop. (As configured in Finder Settings). My backups are working flawlessly, and I can copy files to and from it. I also performed a First Aid on the drive and it reported no problems. I also went into safeboot. The USB drive didn't show up there either. Nor did safeboot fix the problem. Is this a bug that I should report to Apples feedback page?

For the time being I did create an alias to /Volumes on my desktop but to me this is merely a temporary bandaid fix!

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iMac 24″, macOS 13.2

Posted on Feb 2, 2023 11:19 AM

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Randall_2023 Author

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Feb 2, 2023 12:42 PM in response to Randall_2023

[SOLVED]

If a user is using Carbon Copy Cloner and had made it a bootable device, it is a known bug.

I re-formatted the external USB drive without making it bootable and now the device shows up in Finder as expected.

Reference:

https://bombich.com/kb/ccc6/macos-ventura-known-issues

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Feb 4, 2023 5:33 PM in response to Randall_2023

I was able to solve this problem by removing the jmPeripheralDevice.kext from the library/Extensions folder. Use the  terminal command sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/kext.kext

sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/jmPeripheralDevice.kext

Reboot and now the external drives show up and my TM is working again.

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Randall_2023 Author

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Feb 2, 2023 11:25 AM in response to Randall_2023

Also, I did attempt to drag it over into the sidebar and that doesn't work either. I toggled the setting to show in the sidebar multiple times and it didn't affect the outcome.

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Feb 5, 2023 2:15 AM in response to fabio7371

Worked for me too.

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Ventura 13.2 Not showing external USB drive in Finder sidebar but it's visible in /Volumes

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