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Q: My Power Mac G5 will not recognize an external hard drive or a thumb drive.  They just don't show up on desktop or under "Devices."  Any suggestions?

My Power Mac G5 will not recognize an external hard drive or a thumb drive.  Yhey simply do not show up on dersktop or under "Devices."  Any suggestions?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Jan 24, 2012 1:59 PM

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  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jan 24, 2012 2:41 PM in response to Bernardo's dad
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    Jan 24, 2012 2:41 PM in response to Bernardo's dad

    Do they show up in Disk Utility at all?

     

    In Finder> Preferences>General, are these items checked?

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  • by Limnos,

    Limnos Limnos Jan 24, 2012 2:49 PM in response to Bernardo's dad
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    Jan 24, 2012 2:49 PM in response to Bernardo's dad

    What about with Disk Utility?

     

    Have you tried restarting your computer?

     

    Are these USB or Firewire?

  • by MacSooozl,

    MacSooozl MacSooozl Aug 15, 2014 5:39 PM in response to Bernardo's dad
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    Aug 15, 2014 5:39 PM in response to Bernardo's dad

    One day my external drives stopped showing up under "Devices" -- all of them.  They showed up in Disk Utility, thank goodness.  I worked around it by going into Finder Preferences / General / Show these items on the desktop (checked the box next to "External Disks").

     

    I tried turning computer on and off.  No luck.

     

    Figured it out -- In the Finder window, if you roll and hover with the cursor over "Devices," to the right, in grey, the word "Show" will appear.  Click on "Show" and those external drives show up again.  If you hover with your cursor over "Devices" again, the word "Hide" appears in grey.  Click on "Hide" and the drives disappear.

     

    I had accidentally clicked on "Hide."  Duh...