Making a Volume Visible

    Judging from the e-mails we get when it happens, only a crashed hard disk seems to evoke more panic than making a volume invisible. It is often only after making one invisible that people discover that they can't select an invisible volume in any system file selection dialog, even if the dialog displays invisible files and folders.
    Therefore, restoring a volume's visibility requires a more creative approach. You can use the following process to make an invisible volume visible:
    1 Open the Find menu and choose Find.
    2 Select the invisible volume in the list of disks to search.
    3 Configure the search to find something on the invisible volume. Any search that returns at least one item will be fine.
    4 Click the Find button.
    5 Once the search completes and the results are displayed in a file list window, press the Control key and click the icon of any item in the list to open a contextual menu.
    6 Go to the Add Parent to List submenu and choose the volume. It will be the last item in the menu.
    7 The invisible volume should now be displayed in the list.
    8 In the list, double-click the icon of the volume to open it.
    9 File Buddy will display a message stating that the volume is invisible and ask if you wish to make it visible.
    10 Click Make Visible.
    11 File Buddy will make the volume visible and open it in the Finder.

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