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Flash drives are not visible on the sidebar or on my iMac after Monterey upgrade...

Internal speakers also not visible.

iMac 21.5″ 4K, macOS 12.0

Posted on Dec 14, 2021 03:09 PM

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tbirdvet

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Posted on Dec 14, 2021 04:30 PM

In Finder preferences under sidebar is "show external drives" checked off?

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tbirdvet

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Dec 14, 2021 04:30 PM in response to bala41

In Finder preferences under sidebar is "show external drives" checked off?

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