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  1. M

    “File or Document” Can’t Be Opened Because The Original Item Can’t Be Found

    I have been having an issue where i am unable to connect to my external hard drives that are attached to my Mac Mini via my MacBook pro over local network. I have tried removing "com.apple.finder.plist" on both machines with no luck. I have tried rebooting Finder again no luck. I am still...
    • madmax889
    • Thread
    • 2014 external hdd access mac mini macbook pro 16 2021 monterey 12.6.5 remote access
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Mac mini
  2. star-affinity

    Photos.app and excessive HDD read/write on the drive where ”Photos Library.photoslibrary” resides

    It is crazy how often the drive keeps reading and writing for some reason (yes, I have a quite loud 6 TB Western Digital Black). I also use Backblaze which I've now disabled for that specific drive, but the drive keeps being accessed a lot. Don't know what's going on really because I can't see...
  3. A

    MacBook Pro 2011 Logic Board Issue

    Hello, I have MacBook Pro 2011 and after the logic board problem I can't log to my MBP ! I have very important data on it! Now I have a PC with windows 10 how I can get my data again ? Note: The MBP had a password when it was work properly. Thank you.
    • Ali7
    • Thread
    • backup files hdd access macbook pro early 2011
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  4. eranbeard

    External hard drive volume disappeared

    My set up as background: Macbook Pro (late 2015 13" top spec) with latest OS Connected to Thunderbolt display 2 external WD My Passport hard drives connected to display I use 'Mountain app' to dismount the drives before unplugging Up until yesterday I used one of the My Passports as my main...
  5. J

    MacBook Pro HDD & SSD combo

    Hello everyone!! I have a Macbook Pro Mid 2013 with 750gb HDD and a CD drive. I wanted my make my computer faster so I was thinking about switching out my CD drive with a SSD. Had a question on this mini project. 1. Is there a way to run both HDD and SDD at the same time? I want to run the...
  6. basilt

    Howto link G5 & Macpro and 1 display to access data

    Hello, I need to use my PPC G5 2ghz machine and my recently bought macpro 1.1. (2.1) with osx lion (insofar) to access Internal hdd data, usually photos etc, on various hard drives installed in these machines, so i can synchronise them manually. I have 1 monitor only. How can i connect my i.e...
    • basilt
    • Thread
    • data exchange hdd access mac mac pro macpro ppc ppc g5 transfer
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  7. K

    OSX constantly accessing Backup HD

    iMac 5k, 10.11.3, Time Machine Off, TimeMachineEditor I have a USB HDD dedicated only for my backups, nothing else. TimeMachineEditor has been set to: Interval, back up once per day, do not back up between 11pm and 8am. Time Machine is set to OFF (I assume the TimeMachineEditor does that). For...
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