NancyA

I'll leave it as is. I haven't used it for three years and just wanted to take on France trip since it is lighter (and old) and all I want is a computer to dump images on. I tried a setup using this hub https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXJQT19B?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title . It worked fine transferring images from my sony a6700 files but when I tried to move a large number from my sony A! camera I finally gave up. It wouldn't even start the transfer. my iPhone would not recognize my SDD external using the usb C so had to switch it to USB A and I figured that was some of the slow down issue.

Just additional info. Tried to edit above thread and wouldn't let me. I can't get email to even let me put in password and from what I'm reading I will have to upgrade the OS. I'm sure I will run into other issues but figure now is the time to upgrade it to what it can handle reasonable. Thanks

I'm pulling out my old MacBook Pro 2018 to take on a trip to France. It is currently using 22.5.7 PS with Catalina OS 10.15 7. The upgrade OS that came up as available is Sequoia. Downloaded but not installed yet. What do you recommend for PS and OS's before I mess it up! This hasn't been used in 3 years so not sure what to leave alone and what to upgrade. I basically just need it to download images each day and review for what I need to change/work on for next days shoots but don't want to see the multitude of popups everyday telling me I need to upgrade! Plus since I will have it be nice to use it for basic stuff and it would be easier to navigate if I'm closer to what I use on present computer. The stats for the 2018 are: 15 Inch 2018; processor 2.9 GHz 6-core intel core i9; memory 32 GB; graphics intel UHD graphics 630 1536 MB. Thanks!

Got the apple cable and fixed the problem! I just got it for the G-drive since right now the SanDisk one is working. Thanks for you help!

It is definitely a Thunderbolt Cable. It has the lightening bolt on both ends with a "3". It works in the regular USB-C PORT. Yesterday the cable from the new SanDisk wouldn't work on the G-Drive one but right now it is. The G-Drive cable intermittently works on the SanDisk so I'm guessing right now I have a bad cord. I will get a new one and see if that fixes it. I have a 2023 Mac with sequoia 15.7.2 apple M2 chip. It really should not be the Mac. Have I confused you as much as me! Thanks You!

The new Scan Disk works great using the Thunderbolt. But now for some reason the Gforce (older one) will not work with the thunderbolt to thunderbolt socket on the external. It will work in the port without the "lightening streak" but in neither of the two with. I get the message "Cannot use the thunderbolt accessary. Connect accessory to a thunderbolt port on this Mac". The new scan disk works using the same port on MAC with the "lightening bolt" port on external. Any ideas if a setting could be causing this? I rebooted is about the only thing I know to try.

Worked like a charm! Thank you for the detailed instructions.

This is the one I actually ordered. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1775674-REG/sandisk_professional_sdphg1h_012t_nbaad_12tb_g_drive_project.html It was B&H rather than amazon. It sounded identical other than the B&H specifically said "for Mac" and couldn't find on the amazon one. Plus it was cheaper and tax free. I see it has gone up $25 from when I ordered it Aug 31. Not my normal luck! Including two screens shots: one show partitions, 2nd the info of the external. If need more let me know where/what. Hmm wondering if the APFS is correct. I will wait to hear from you before I do any real back up to it. Thanks! Nancy

Is this a good one? Or do you have a better recommendation? SanDisk Professional 12TB G-Drive Project - External HDD, Thunderbolt 3, USB (10Gbps), 7200RPM Ultrastar Hard Drive, Up to 250MB/s Read - SDPHG1H-012T-NBAAD

I just found it in folders! buried but there. I guess when I showed "library" it became available. It use to be outside of library and showing as a folder. I guess that might be as good as it will get.

I have COVID and haven't been able to focus/follow this. I had managed to get it into "favorites" by dragging dropping it from somewhere. Can't remember now how (google did it). But is there a way to get it back into "Folders". I use folders because I like to see all the folders in the left so I can move easier around them. Also can I just delete that original "NancyAbby" that shows in users? If I delete it, can I then rename the "NancyAbby 1" user to NancyAbby? It isn't the "dropbox folder" I want to change but the "user name". "it" is referring to my computer. I didn't mean change the dropbox folder name.

I can't get dropbox to show in bridge. It was there before the last wipe of my hard drive but disappeared when I had to reinstall OS. I've googled but what it is telling me to do, I can't find the buttons to check. Navigate to User/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox "cloudStorage" doesn't exist there. It said to then drag it to bride favorites. The "app" is in applications so I tried dragged it from there. It goes but doesn't show the folders. When I reinstalled the system rather than still being NancyAbby user it created a NancyAbby_1 user which is the one it uses. I'm wondering if that is part of the issue. I've been tempted to delete the original nancyabby but scared I'll do it wrong. Screen shot attached. As you can see there is a deleted user "Nancyabby" also and those folders are all empty. Can I just say MAC screwed me over wiping the hard drive just to replace a bad key on the keyboard!! Sequoia 15.5. Apple M2 Max 16 in 2023. 64 GB memory.

I had not done this yet. Was waiting to see what you thought. I did the erase and it backed up with no issues other than took several hours which I think would be expected. I'm still a little skeptical of it and it ever fails again I'll ditch it! It is fairly new but I know in reality that means nothing. Thank you!

I had keys on keyboard not work after they did a new hard drive on my matchbook pro 16 in 2023; 64 GB memory; sequoia 15.4.1; 2 TB. For some idiotic reason they wiped my hard drive to fix a key so I'm back fixing loose ends again! I used Time Machine back up to get everything back up and going. I am now trying to do a new backup as everything is almost back to normal. When I used the same external, 1st time it froze up at about 32% complete, I canceled it and started over. It said about 3 hrs so I went to bed and forgot to check it first thing this morning. At 11 hrs it was not quite 50% and said would take 11 more hrs. and both computer and external were hot hot! So, I cancelled again. I use a 4TB WD for backup. At this point I backed up to a 2 TB SSD external in about 45 min. but this is only temporary as it isn't large enough for long term use. I am hoping if I reformat the 4TB WD that that issue will be resolved. Is that correct or do I just need a new external. I did a search and was trying to follow this thread to reformat: https://ask.damiensymonds.net/topic/57543-external-hard-drive/#comment-403792. But of course issue isn't exact so ran into first question. Partitions are so out of my league so I'm clueless. Is this what it should be? I don't have an "apply" option without doing something but not sure what that something is????? Thanks!

I know! I generally wait until it gets stable before do anything. I'll set on this for a while and be very content! Thanks!