You just got a new Mac and haven’t figured out where to access your hard drive? This post will teach you three ways to get to your hard drive (both internal and external HD) with ease.
May 14, 2020 Whether you’re getting rid of the computer or wiping your hard drive to fix an error, the best way to back up your Mac is to use Time Machine. Essentially, this is a tool that Apple created to help people create a “copy” of their computer that could be accessed at a later date. Since Mac OS X 10.4, your Mac's boot drive will have journaling on by default and it's possible that formatting drives with the default Mac OS Extended option under OS X's Disk Utility will turn Journaling on. There is a way to retroactively disable Journaling on an HFS+ drive however if you're determined to write to it in Linux.
Question:
I cannot find my hard drive icon. How can I get to it?
Answer:
In Finder, you can find your hard drive by selecting Go > Computer (or press Command + Shift + C). There you should see all the hard drive available.
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Show your hard drive on the sidebar in Finder
From the Finder’s sidebar, you should also find your hard drive in the Devices section. If it’s not visible, hover the cursor over “Devices” and click “show”.
If no devices appear, click “Finder” in the top menu bar, then select “Preferences”. In the Sidebar tab, under “Devices”, make sure you put a tick at your computer, “Hard Disks” and “External Disks”.
Now your hard drive icon should appear on the Finder’s sidebar, under “Devices”.
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Show your hard drive on the desktop
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Go to Finder > Preferences (or press Command + ,) in the menu bar and select the General tab. Now select “Hard disks” and “External disks” then close the window. Your hard drive icon should be showing up on your desktop.
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