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Macbook Pro sees external drives but doesn't mount or show them in the disk utility.
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<blockquote data-quote="James2" data-source="post: 1812376" data-attributes="member: 401673"><p>It seems to be a strange software issue. I am back at the start. Even with a 3rd new external drive. After the formatting, the two disks already owned seemed to work for one or two sessions. I moved files onto them and all was fine. Same with the new drive. </p><p></p><p>Now one by one they stopped working. </p><p>They show on the desktop as an icon as soon as they are connected.</p><p>With an external drive connected Finder will not open, it will not even show "Finder" with its menus in the top bar next to the apple logo. </p><p>Uploading an image here with the web interface was not possible while the external drive was connected. (Probably a Finder thing.) </p><p></p><p>The Disk Utilily gives a spinning wheel.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]29184[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The "About This Mac" > "Storage" screen looks strange. </p><p>Only "Backup 1" is connected. Yet it shows drive "backup 3" twice while it isn't connected, it also says that the unconnected drive with that name is 2TB while it is only 1TB</p><p>[ATTACH=full]29183[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I am a little afraid for my data since backing up, even on a new 3rd drive gives issues<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Oops.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Oops:" title="Oops :Oops:" data-shortname=":Oops:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James2, post: 1812376, member: 401673"] It seems to be a strange software issue. I am back at the start. Even with a 3rd new external drive. After the formatting, the two disks already owned seemed to work for one or two sessions. I moved files onto them and all was fine. Same with the new drive. Now one by one they stopped working. They show on the desktop as an icon as soon as they are connected. With an external drive connected Finder will not open, it will not even show "Finder" with its menus in the top bar next to the apple logo. Uploading an image here with the web interface was not possible while the external drive was connected. (Probably a Finder thing.) The Disk Utilily gives a spinning wheel. [ATTACH=FULL]29184[/ATTACH] The "About This Mac" > "Storage" screen looks strange. Only "Backup 1" is connected. Yet it shows drive "backup 3" twice while it isn't connected, it also says that the unconnected drive with that name is 2TB while it is only 1TB [ATTACH=FULL]29183[/ATTACH] I am a little afraid for my data since backing up, even on a new 3rd drive gives issues:Oops: [/QUOTE]
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