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Q: Hi, I'm stuck at step 9. I don't see my external harddrive when I want to save the DMG backup file. Can you please help me with this? I'm desperate to make this backup! Big thanx in advance!

Hi, I'm stuck at step 9. I don't see my external harddrive when I want to save the DMG backup file. Can you please help me with this? I'm desperate to make this backup! Big thanx in advance!

 

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Mar 9, 2013 5:19 PM

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Q: Hi, I'm stuck at step 9. I don't see my external harddrive when I want to save the DMG backup file. Can you please help me with th ... more

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  • by CMCSK,

    CMCSK CMCSK Mar 9, 2013 11:52 PM in response to MarloMels
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    Mar 9, 2013 11:52 PM in response to MarloMels

    Repair permissions and restart your computer.  If this does not work, zap the pram.  You should now see your external hard drive.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  • by MarloMels,

    MarloMels MarloMels Mar 10, 2013 5:54 AM in response to CMCSK
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    Mar 10, 2013 5:54 AM in response to CMCSK

    Hi, thanx for your answer. I want to emphasis the fact that I do see my external harddrive in the left panel, however I don't see it when I want to choose the saving location. I will try to repair permissions now, but what do you mean with zap the pram?

  • by MarloMels,

    MarloMels MarloMels Mar 10, 2013 4:19 PM in response to CMCSK
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    Mar 10, 2013 4:19 PM in response to CMCSK

    Okay I tried zap the pram. No success in saving to my ext. HD. As I wanted to change permissions, I also couldn't cause I couldn't press the buttons. So I scanned my ext. HD and it said it had to repair it too! This must be ********, I 've had this thing for a couple of months and nothing happened with it ever since. So I tried to repair it in order to change the permissions, but it couldn't repair it also! Why can't I repair it? And how can I get to a solution for both the ext. HD and the backing up of the Mac HD? I cannot believe this is happening to me