Alias problem with My Book

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Hello,

I used to connect my My Book Studio Edition directly to my MacBook Pro. Back up using WD Anywhere. No problem. Then I decided to hook up my My Book to my Time Capsule via USB, not for backup but just for file storage. And now, suddenly I cannot access to My Book although the drive is well mounted on the my Mac (Snow Leopard). Whenever I click on the icon My Book, I got the message below: “The alias “My Book” can’t be opened because the original item can’t be found.” What’s wrong? I have another Mac at home and I can access to My Book through Time Capsule without any problem.

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Mitvang,

1.  Did you upgrade to Snow Leopard by chance?

2.  Are you using USB or 1394?

3.  Do you know what FW the My Book Studio has? 

3.  I read similar thread on the internet and found below.  Some people’s problem is fixed.  I am not certain your problem is exactly same.  Please try it (fix is free).

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2131824&start=45&tstart=0

Search for “Xcode” and try the instruction there. 

Good luck.