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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1903759" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>Typically that message occurs when an external drive is formatted so that the Mac cannot read without third-party software. Since these are new drives and don't have anything on them that you need to, When Disk utility launches, you can format the drive to something your Mac can use. Choose Initialize. </p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/erase-and-reformat-a-storage-device-dskutl14079/19.0/mac/10.15[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1903759, member: 131855"] Typically that message occurs when an external drive is formatted so that the Mac cannot read without third-party software. Since these are new drives and don't have anything on them that you need to, When Disk utility launches, you can format the drive to something your Mac can use. Choose Initialize. [URL unfurl="true"]https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/erase-and-reformat-a-storage-device-dskutl14079/19.0/mac/10.15[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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