After a period of normal operation I suddenly had a problem trying to edit the content of one external drive (A); clicking and holding on a folder title would not turn it light blue so I couldn’t continue editing the titles of individual photos.
A second ext HD(B) would no longer connect at all to my MBP.
Furthermore, on (A) I had been having issues with moving items within folders to other folders and finally I could not eject the disc as it was “being used” and it was not apparent where or how!) Force Quit had no effect either!!
Strangely the disk(A) was not showing up on Disk Utility. However, while A was appearing on my desktop I was able to open it to see the content - but, as I’ve said, I could not edit any of its file/folder titles.
I hadn’t tried the storage sticks initially as I wanted to leave things as they were while waiting for the Forum discussions guidance.
However, the need to access some info eventually prompted me to manually disconnect both A & B and
So, by trying external storage sticks ( which showed up immediately on connection), it confirmed the external HDs (A&B) with which I was having problems were obviously likely to be dodgy so:
a. I ditched the one (B) I could not open at all and…..
b. I managed to salvage content of (A) while I could see it occasionally!
Having backed up the files from A to an external stick, I can now edit titles etc with no problem.
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PS Both A & B are now resident, in pieces, in the household trash!!
