Jun 04, 2020 Mac OS Extended: Works only with Mac OS. Completely incompatible with Windows computers. This is the best option if you intend to use your external hard drive exclusively with computers running Mac OS. NTFS (Windows NT Filesystem): Works natively with Windows, Mac OS write-capability can be added using the steps in the previous Method. Sep 19, 2011 How To: Where Has My Hard Drive Gone In Mac OS X Lion. By default, Apple has changed the way in which the internal hard drive and external drives and optical discs are displayed on your Mac’s desktop. You will notice when using Lion for the first time that no drive is shown on the desktop. Sep 06, 2019 In this article, we’ve given detailed instructions for each method. So, it doesn’t matter if you want a clean slate on a second-hand MacBook or if you replaced the drive in your age-old machine, we’ve got you covered.Simply follow the instructions below to install the latest compatible version of macOS or OS X on your new hard drive.
Jul 28, 2016 If you go a route aside from simply reinstalling Mac OS X, you may lose data. Finally, something else to keep in mind is that sometimes damaged or broken EFI partitions can be an indicator of an impending disk failure, or some other problem with the hard drive. Jun 22, 2013 This option on boot trick works for quite literally any boot volume, whether it’s an external USB drive of any sort, a Thunderbolt hard drive, boot DVD, CD, the Recovery partition, even in dual-boot environments with other versions of OS X, or a Linux or a Windows partition with Boot Camp, if it’s bootable and connected to the Mac it will be visible at this boot manager. Pick the drive you wish to use to start up the Mac. For more advice about installing macOS or Mac OS X read How to update the Mac operating system and How to install old versions of OS X on a Mac.
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How To: Where Has My Hard Drive Gone In Mac OS X Lion
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By default, Apple has changed the way in which the internal hard drive and external drives and optical discs are displayed on your Mac’s desktop. You will notice when using Lion for the first time that no drive is shown on the desktop.
Mac Os Hard Drive Icon
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Now personally, I like to have my drives present on the desktop which will allow me quick and easy access to all areas of my Mac. However, Apple believe that many users do not need the drives on the desktop hence they are now hidden.
In order to put your drives back on the desktop simply proceed to the Finder preferences by clicking Command-, (Comma) on your keyboard whilst in the finder as shown below:
You can also navigate to Finder-Preferences from the menu bar at the top of your display.
Then to proceed make sure you are in General tab as presented below:
Mac Os Hard Drive Space
As you can see from the image above I have highlighted the area which will allow you to present attached drives of your choosing to the desktop.
By default in Mac OS X Lion none of these options will be selected. In order to add them once again to your desktop simply select the ones you wish to use.
Of course, at anytime you can return to this area and deselect them, therefore removing them from view on the desktop.
Erasing Mac Os Hard Drive
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