Q: My mac recognizes my pc but is stuck on "looking for other sources". Help!!

It will keep looking for other sources forever.

CLICK on the icon for the source that is being recognized, and you should be able to move on from there.

Hi guys.

Similar problem here.

Setup Assistant or Migration Assistan can not see my external drive used for time machine backups.

The facts.

Downloaded Mavericks upgrade from App Store and made a bootable usb.

Booted from the usb and erased macintosh hd to make a clean install of the OS.

Made the fresh installation and when setup assistant appears my external drive on which i previously did all backups with time machine will not appear at all. Instead I get "looking for sources" with no success on seeing the external HD.

Same happens with Migration Assistant once logged in to the fresh OS.

The external HD is not recognised and won't come up.

I 've also tried the Restore Time Machine Backup option by booting from the bootable USB.

When I choose my external HD which now appears I get the message that no OS X system backups are available.

Meanwhile I can see and open the drive once logged into the OS and the backups on the drive seem ok. However I can't spot the applications folder. Only users folders.

Are my backups corrupted? How can I restore the files from the external HD