Finder does not display my external drives as devices

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Finder does not display my external drives as devices

When connecting my Kindle 2 to my imac (Lion), the kindle does not come up in Finder as an external device. However, I know it's there because when I pull up Disk Utility, there it is as a 3.24 GB Kindle Internal Storage Device.

As a matter of fact, none of my external drives show...I have a MyBook and anothers external hard drive connected for backups (all show in DU as well).

I checked Preferences in Finder and Hard Disks and External Disks are both checked to "Show these items on sidebar" but do not display.

What am I missing here?

Thanks,

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Feb 27, 2012 4:47 PM

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captfred

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Feb 27, 2012 5:05 PM in response to mthhurley

Try checking them in the Finder > Preferences > general tab > see if they show on the desktop.

Regards,

Captfred

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Feb 27, 2012 6:11 PM in response to captfred

Checked that and nope, not on the desktop. The only drive on the desktop (and in the sidebar of Finder) is the Macintosh HD.

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mthhurley Author

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Feb 27, 2012 6:25 PM in response to mthhurley

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mthhurley Author

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Feb 27, 2012 6:26 PM in response to mthhurley

Just to prove I'm not crazy. There's a screen shot of Disk Utility, Finder and Finder Preferences.

You can see the 3 attached devices in DU but nothing in Finder. .

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captfred

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Feb 27, 2012 6:36 PM in response to mthhurley

I'd try deleting ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

Logoff and on and reset the finder preferences.

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macjack

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Feb 27, 2012 6:36 PM in response to mthhurley

Go to Finder "Go" menu hold the option key and choose Library. Then go to Preferences trash these files:

com.apple.finder.plist

com.apple.sidebarlists.plist

Then, restart, or log out and in again.

(You will have to reset a few finder prefs the way you like them.)

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mthhurley Author

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Feb 28, 2012 7:09 AM in response to macjack

Thanks macjack, that did it.

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yeikloen

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Apr 11, 2013 10:35 AM in response to captfred

Thanks a lot for this tip! I was searching all over the web and finally found the solution. Thanks a lot Captfred. Thought something was wrong with my HD when it didn't appear in my finder. Found my problem in the sidebar tap, external HD was uncheck!

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