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  1. rhett7660

    Unable to connect to Synology NAS via Ethernet, but can over WIFI

    Hello, So I have an issue, and I don't know how to fix it. I have two Mac's running the same version of OS, OSX 14.6.1. I have three Synology NAS's (SN) on my LAN, all running the same DSM. I can connect to all three SN's from Mac "A", however I can only connect to all three from Mac "B" if...
  2. E

    HDD works as SMB but not USB (seeking help)

    Heyo. I have a HDD I've had successfully connected directly to a TP-Link router and used via SMB for over a year. I wanted to do some organization so I hooked it up directly to my Mac Mini. I'm getting the diskenter error 49244 fail to mount error. This HDD is formatted MacOS Extended Journal...
  3. Rafterman

    SD Card Weirdness with 13.4

    A weird thing. I have a MacBook Pro 16 inch M2. It has one of those flush SD cards (1TB) that I keep in there permanently as scratch space. Everything worked fine before the 13.4 update. Pre-13.4, on a reboot, the card would show up like normally. But now, with 13.4, the card will not show up...
  4. C

    How do I get the NTFS for Mac update without a Paragon account?

    Hi everyone, I’m sorry if this isn’t the correct place for this question, I’m new to this site. So I got an external HD a long time ago and it must have come with a copy of Paragon’s NTFS for Mac so I could use the hard drive. I recently updated my Mac to Ventura 13.3 and my copy of NTFS is...
  5. M

    APFS stupidity

    Hi everyone. I’m really new to Macs so please forgive my naivety. I recently bought a 2017 MacBook Air i5 (as I was getting fed up with windows), which came running High Sierra. I wanted it to run Monterey so I downloaded the update but got the message that the drive wasn’t formatted APFS. So…I...
  6. W

    After 12.4 update no longer possible to mount images/usb's

    After the update yesterday my connected disk images from downloads or plugged-in USB/USB-C devices no longer mount. If I plug them in and reboot, they appear. I get something like this as an error: Could not mount “Sandisk”. (com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter error -119930876.) Any ideas? Has...
  7. A

    UNABLE TO MOUNT WD MY PASSPORT 4TB EVEN AFTER FORMATTING IT TO EX-FAT. TRIED EVERYTHING. (ON M1 MacbookAir))

    Here's everything I've tried. 1) Since my Samsung T5 SSD is in Ex-fat format and seems to work properly. I backed up 3TB data and then formatted it to ex-Fat and moved the data back. It still doesn't seem to work. 2) I've tried using WD discovery to mount. It just doesn't work. Not even an...
  8. J

    The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer

    Hi there, I have a USB key (32gb Kingston flash drive; Mac OS Extended) that I tried inserting into my Macbook Pro, put in my password, and received the message "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer" with 3 clickable options: initialize, eject, or ignore. I kept...
  9. killsapo

    External hd invisible to my iMac but visible on other macs (visible only in RecoveryMode on my iMac)

    The other day my external usb hd unplugged accidentally and the usual pop up appeared; usually all is fine except the day after the disk was nowhere to be mounted or seen, neither in Disk Utility or /var/volumes for that matter. I then ran disk utility in Recovery Mode and all disks are fine...
  10. rjalex

    How to overcome USB storage mount restriction

    Dear friends, for security policy reasons my company has disabled the mount of a USB storage device on my company's MacBook. The intended way to share files with customers is through Box (similar to the better known DropBox). All good and sound but I was recently hit by a big problem. A lot of...
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    2010 MBP A1278 Unmounted Disk?

    Hi folks, My girlfriend is working on selling her 2010 MBP. She had an issue where it would randomly restart, so we figured we'd try to format it and then go from there. I followed Apple's instructions here. In that process, the disk was unmounted, and, with it being an older MBP, there's not...
  12. N

    External USB drive not mounting - Terminal help needed

    Hi guys I used the following terminal commands to stop MacOS automatically mounting an external USB drive... sudo pico /etc/fstab UUID=NUMBER none hfs rw,noauto Source: https://www.cnet.com/uk/how-to/how-to-prevent-a-volume-from-mounting-at-boot-in-os-x/# (The USB drive is attached to a...
  13. D

    mount NAS shares

    I have just switched from Netgear ReadyNAS Duo to Synology DS215j after 8 years or more. I was able to mount the drives from the ReadyNAS Duo which host name was NASDrive now i get this message every so often how do i stop this popping up I can't seem to keep my Synology also called NASDrive...