Hi folks
Bear with me on this; I'm not that tech savvy when it comes to stuff like this, sorry!
I've got a 2012 i7 Mac Mini (16GB) running El Capitan
I use an external Seagate HDD (3TB) partitioned into 2 parts (2TB for the TimeMacine and 1TB for back-ups/general storage etc)
Everything was fine yesterday, no issues at all and there hasn't been at any other time. The last TM back-up was just after 2100 last night; I put the computer to sleep as I normally do (ejecting the discs using Jettison), but I've come down this morning and the Mac was awake and running; turned the monitor on and the external HDD wasn't showing!
I've restarted the Mac and only the 'General' part of the external HDD is showing, not the TimeMachine part!
I've got another external HDD that I backed all my files up to last week as I normally do (I run my business from this Mac also) and this works fine, but looks like I've lost the TM back-ups, for now!
I've tried a different USB 3 cable, but that's not made any difference!
Plus, when the external HDD is connected, DiskUtility won't open, it just sticks...
Can anyone help/advise?
Thanks
Bear with me on this; I'm not that tech savvy when it comes to stuff like this, sorry!
I've got a 2012 i7 Mac Mini (16GB) running El Capitan
I use an external Seagate HDD (3TB) partitioned into 2 parts (2TB for the TimeMacine and 1TB for back-ups/general storage etc)
Everything was fine yesterday, no issues at all and there hasn't been at any other time. The last TM back-up was just after 2100 last night; I put the computer to sleep as I normally do (ejecting the discs using Jettison), but I've come down this morning and the Mac was awake and running; turned the monitor on and the external HDD wasn't showing!
I've restarted the Mac and only the 'General' part of the external HDD is showing, not the TimeMachine part!
I've got another external HDD that I backed all my files up to last week as I normally do (I run my business from this Mac also) and this works fine, but looks like I've lost the TM back-ups, for now!
I've tried a different USB 3 cable, but that's not made any difference!
Plus, when the external HDD is connected, DiskUtility won't open, it just sticks...
Can anyone help/advise?
Thanks