There's an aphorism about letting sleeping animals lie but I'm not sure it would be useful in this case. Maybe the one about teaching an old animal new tricks would be more apt?
> On 15/05/2024 15:11 BST David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I should add, its not always the case of the HD's not appearing but once in > a whale, especially if it sleeps a long time > > Dave > > On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 9:50 AM David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi gang > > > > So my new iMac 24" is working reasonably well, and am happy with it so > > far, M3 chip. > > > > However I have two older external HDs that are about 6 or 7 years old and > > a new external HD that is my new Time machine. My back us are labeled 7 and > > 7a, for the most part 7 does not show up at all anymore but 7a and time > > machine do, but, when i let the machine g to sleep for a while and wake it > > up, 7a does not appear and sometime Time machine does not appear in the > > side bar. > > > > I have to restart the machine. > > > > OIm using a usb hub to usbC device and have tried directly connecting hd7a > > and 7 but with little luck, after waking up 7a does not appear. > > I also bought a new cable for the hD'ds. > > > > Any thoughts, is my time machine drive showing up as more stable cause its > > new?? > > > > Dave -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
