It seems that my problems may be OS to OS related rather than being a retrieval issue. Unless you have some magical answer, I suspect now that the apple community may be a more appropriate place than the WD community for me to be plying these questions. Notice that the screen shot seems to indicate that it is the apps on the new iMac that need updating, this is obviously not the case since they are later versions of the apps. If you are having a similar issue that WD My Passport external or internal hard drive not showing up on Mac, you can try the following tips as listed here for help: Some are similar as shown on this page) 1. Since my main concern is retrieving my old photographs and my collection of music from the backup disc, this is very frustrating. My old macbook was running Mavericks OS and the iPhoto and iTunes apps were of an earlier version than the ones I now have on the iMac. However, through more investigation I have found a way to retrieve individual items from the back up disc to my desktop, but as you can from the attached screen shot, I am unable to open the individual apps to retrieve my data. Since my old MacBook Pro died, I purchased a new iMac that has the latest operating sysytem (Yosemite OS 10.10.1) loaded and I am still trying to navigate my way through the new OS. Sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner after you replied so quickly, but I have been gone over the Christmas holiday and have only just returned.Īnyway, I used time machine to back up to My Passport for Mac and I am trying to use time machine to retrieve my data.
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