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Well, we all know that it happens to us most of the time. When we try to connect an external hard drive to our system whether it’s a Windows PC or a MacBook, at times it won’t show up or the system won’t recognize it. However, the issue isn’t that severe in MacBooks but it still can happen and can cause a lot of frustration to you especially when you need to access or transfer something to your Mac immediately. Besides, if your data on the hard drive is corrupt, you should consider taking help from Sydney Data Recovery professionals to restore it back safely.
Given below are some reasons why your external hard or flash drive isn’t working and their fixes:
- First of all, make use your drive is properly connected to your MacBook.
- To check if the issue isn’t with the cable you can try connecting the same device with a different cable.
- The issue can also be with the USB or flash drive port. In this case, try connecting it using another port on your MacBook.
- Luckily sometimes, the issue is with nothing but the macOS bug which can be fixed simply by restarting your device. To restart your MacBook, go to Apple menu and then click on Restart or simply press and hold the power button and click Restart when the dialog box appears.
- Note that restarting your Mac clears the macOS’s memory making it starts up fresh.
- Eventually, some Hard Drives aren’t optimized for Macs and can only be accessed on Windows. If you have a Window device, you can simply access your data through it or you can also check if the external drive shows up in System Report of your Mac. To do so, click on the Apple and then select About This Mac and click Storage. Check if the Hard or flash drive shows up there.
In case you still are not able to access the data on your hard drive and the issue appears in all devices, do not wait and contact Data Recovery Sydney for aid.
