The problem is that none of my external drives are showing up no matter what I try. It seems to me it’s a LaCie firmware (?) update issue or somesuch, caused by not keeping up with the Mac OSX updates. They can’t ALL have gone bad, right?
How are the drives connected? VIA FW (BOTH 400 & 800)
Have you tried connecting the drives to other ports on the computer? YES
Have you tried connecting the drives to another computer? NO I ONLY HAVE ONE COMPUTER
Have you tried connecting other drives to the computer via the same connection? YES
Do they show up in disk utility? NO
Have you tried different cables? YES
Do they power on at all? YES AND I CAN HEAR THEM SPIN UP BUT THEY DON’T MOUNT OR SHOW UP ON DISC UTILITY. THESE ARE ALL RELATIVELY NEW DRIVES BOUGHT FROM THE APPLE STORE. THEY CONTAIN ALL MY WORK!!