Sep 05, '03 10:19:00AM • Contributed by: Anonymous
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A fix for pen drives not appearing on the desktop
Sep 05, '03 10:19:00AM • Contributed by: Anonymous
I had a USB pen drive that stopped mounting on the desktop, but I could access it via Go to Folder: /Volumes/DriveName. Then I was talking to someone else and they said they had the same problem. Looking into it, I discovered that somehow a hidden file was created in /Volumes with the name ._DriveName. The way I fixed the problem was to type (in the Terminal) sudo rm /Volumes/._DriveName, where DriveName is the name of your pen drive (an ls -a will let you see the exact filename if you don't remember it). This may also work for other types of media, but I have only encountered this problem with USB pen drives.
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A fix for pen drives not appearing on the desktop
I have had this same problem when trying to access a PC on our Mac network.
A fix for pen drives not appearing on the desktop
Thank You, this problem has annoyed me for months, my temporary fix was to make a link to the Volumes folder at root, and then open disk Utility when I wanted to unmount the device.
A fix for pen drives not appearing on the desktop
I have had the same problem with network volumes, and USB drives (usually when pulling them out before ejecting them) I think my solution is quicker and easier. When you "Go To Folder..." /Volumes, delete any alias that is for a non-mounted volume.
USB memory unmounting itself
Does anyone have experience with USB memory devices unmounting from the desktop after a certain timeout? I have a SanDisk ImageMate reader and I wanted to run a cron job to backup to a memory stick every night, but the device seems to unmount after a certain idle time. The only solution is to unplug the device and plug it back in. Also, when the device unmounts, an error pops up saying:
A fix for pen drives not appearing on the desktop
I resently saw this with each a CD, Zip disk and a floppy! I think it was because of the virus scanner (Virex), I turned off virex and haven't seen the problem... yet.
typo...
Stinking typos (try recently)... why can't we change our own comments? That is what I get for reading hints this late at night.
A fix for pen drives not appearing on the desktop
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A fix for pen drives not appearing on the desktop
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