external drive showing up twice in finder

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external drive showing up twice in finder

I have had an G-Raid Studio connected (via thunderbolt) to my mid-2011 Mac Mini (10.10.4) for some time. It primarily holds folders of photographs.

Today the drive started appearing twice in Finder: two icons representing the same drive but at two different time states. One icon points to the current version of the drive (with the latest images I added yesterday). The other points to the drive as it existed before yesterday (before the most recent additions).

Lightroom can only see the older version of the drive, even though the new folders of images added yesterday are showing up in FOLDERS. With question marks, of course, and the usual way I repoint folders to the correct locations isn't working.

Is there a way I can force Finder to forget the older version of this drive?

thanks

EE

Posted on Jul 31, 2015 11:50 AM

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sterling r

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Aug 2, 2015 9:26 AM in response to HudsonEric

Howdy HudsonEric,

It sounds like your thunderbolt raid array isn't working correctly in Finder. I would start by resetting your PRAM:

OS X Yosemite: Reset your computer’s PRAM

Then test the issue again. If it persists I would verify the disk with Disk Utility:

Check a disk for problems

Select a disk or partition in the sidebar, then click First Aid.

If you run First Aid on a disk, Disk Utility checks the partition maps on the disk and performs some additional checks. If you run First Aid on a partition, Disk Utility verifies all the contents of that partition.

If Disk Utility tells you the disk or partition is about to fail, back it up and replace it. You can’t repair it.

Click Verify Disk.

If Disk Utility reports that the disk appears to be OK, you’re done. Otherwise, you need to repair the disk.

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