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Duplicate external drive icons...

I have a new 2019 iMac 5K running Mojave 10.14.5 and just recently a second icon has appeared on my desktop for my Transcend external drive.


Here is a snapshot of the info panels for each icon...


You can see from this image that the main hard drive icon is on the left and the duplicate is on the right.


I can put the duplicate in the trash and it goes away but will eventually comeback if I access anything on the drive.


Why has this happened and what can I do to get rid of it?


David

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Jul 23, 2019 3:21 AM

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Posted on Jul 23, 2019 7:34 AM

Hello,


It appears the Get Info panel on the right side is showing that your Mac has connected to itself as a network file share (SMB). Are you attempting to connect to a file server before this appears?

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Duplicate external drive icons...

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