Thanks. This is not an older Mac, it’s a 2020 M1. SO I guess I will disconnect all the external drives, all three of them, and restart. I neglected to say that when the Finder stops working, I have to open a program like Mail to shut down the computer at all, and it might take it several minutes to do it.
I just disconnected all the external drives, I have three, and I hope I don’t lose them all as one of them is my Time Machine backup. The Mac turned on very quickly. SO Now I guess I will start trying to reconnect these things. What fun. > On Feb 1, 2023, at 3:19 PM, Herbie Allen <herbie.al...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There could be a number of things. The age of your Mac, the cord, or the > drive itself. If yours is an older Mac though, that is most likely the issue. > Restart your mac and then plug in the drive. When you open it, give the drive > a couple minutes to load. There could also be a formatting issue. > >> On Feb 1, 2023, at 15:13, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries >> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> Hello. I bought a nice big hard disc to store books, movies, and music on. >> It is connected to my Mac mini via a cable. I got messages saying that it >> had not been ejected properly, though, of course, it had not been ejected at >> all. If I try to go to my external drives, the finder just stops working >> altogether. SO right now, I am running first aid on the one of them that I >> can see. But is there anything else I can do besides either give up or call >> AppleCare? By the way, when the Finder stops working, I can’t open files >> from anywhere and apps like TextEdit won’t launch either, though Mail and >> Safari still work. Does this necessarily mean that the external disc is >> corrupted? Do I need to go further than just the Disc Utility? Thanks for >> any guidance. >> >> My poor, ailing Mac! >> >> >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/A70F5D0C-CE37-49DD-A279-AAA908CC368C%40icloud.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/0C2EB209-4A97-4124-A8C0-82D053B438F2%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/6351EFE3-14DC-42A1-98EF-255715351D0F%40icloud.com.
