Can't view HD contents

[Pseu22]

Hello!
I just purchased this used Macbook Pro and noticed that although it runs good, it doesn't allow me to view normal folders such as application files, users, iTunes music files, etc. I ripped a CD in iTunes and tried to locate it, and as you can see it only shows this "remote disk" as a location and it remains empty. The location of the song ripped says located on drive "Macintosh HD", but I can't find it anywhere and can only see the files in iTunes itself.

Needless to say, I'd rather fix this issue now than have it become a problem later. I got this computer specifically for recording music with Garageband, which was not installed either and is my next endeavor... Thanks and godspeed to all you tech wizards!

 

[DeltaMac]

If you want to browse through your hard drive, and you haven't quite discovered some of the tricks and tips for doing that, and you are new to the macOS operating system ---
you can quickly show your hard drive in that finder window sidebar (where you only see the reference to Remote Disc)
by clicking somewhere on the desktop, or clicking on the Mac face icon on the left end of the Dock. You will see the word Finder, next to the Apple icon on the left end of your menubar.
Click on Finder, choose Preferences.
Click the Sidebar tab, then click the Hard disks box, so a check mark appears (√)
And, now you will see your hard drive (Macintosh HD) listed under Locations in your sidebar.
And, you can follow the filepath that shows in the information window to find your music file.


note: if you REALLY want to use your 2010 MBPro for audio recording, you will be way ahead of the task by replacing the 10-year-old spinning hard drive with an SSD.
You will go from merely "running good", to a system that is actually useful for what you need.

 

[Pseu22]

Hey thanks! I tried earlier ticking the box and it didn't work, but found the drive and was able to drag it to the sidebar. I'm now very relieved!!
I've been out of the tech game since around 2010 lol. I've only used a Mac for about a year and was an old desktop. What are the benefits of SSD, just faster write speeds? I really didn't think it would matter for recording, I was just looking for something with 8GB and a decent processor.
Thanks again, cheers!

 

[DeltaMac]

One benefit to SSD - reads and writes, any operation that accesses the drive is noticeably faster.
For example, if the RAM is used to max, and the system starts to write RAM data (paging out) to the hard drive, your system will noticeably slow down. The same activity when you are booted to an SSD will probably not be noticeable to you.
Don't misunderstand -- the CPU will not be faster, but everything that accesses the drive for any reason WILL be faster.
That would include a much shorter boot time, and opening/launching apps, faster.
(You will miss that SSD immediately if you have to boot to your old hard drive for any reason!)