I have the same issue withthis drive. is it a factory defect? as I am seeing many others posting this problem with the drive suddenly not showing up.
the light on mine does come on but the on/off switch is not responding . I need to unplug it to get it to turn off . the light stays on when connected through the firewire cable to my mac Pro tower.
If you unplug the drive, you also need to unplug the USB cable. Otherwise, it will still not show up. Mac’s provide power through their ports, so having it connected to the Mac could cause the light to show up without it being plugged into an outlet. But it still won’t show up, until you power it up and then connect it to the computer. So, try that.
I was panicking, my icon had just disappeared yesterday on my 2TB, 3 week old My Book. I was just unplugging the USB thinking it had to have been something I had done with my Mac, because I have had three My Books and this has never happened to me before. Because the light was on, on the My Book, I just assumed not to mess with the electrical outlet. Reading the last post, I unplugged it from the computer again, and then unplugged it from the outlet. When I plugged everything back in, it is there. THANK YOU
