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<blockquote data-quote="krs" data-source="post: 1905022" data-attributes="member: 67742">Thanks,Good idea to copy a video file from the Mac to the external and then try to play it.However, I just decided to try to play a video on that external again and now it works as if there had never been a problem.I can now play the video which I know did not work before and gave me the message I initially posted.So did others on that drive.I can also eject the external and also run disk utility which btw showed no issues.So I assume the original issue was that one or more of the contacts of the USB ports, probably on the external, didn't make contact. I never did like the USB 3 connector.All right - so I decided to invest in another external rive to make a backup of those videos but this time I'm going to buy a 2TB external with a USB-C connector.Well- to my surprise they don't seem to exist. Maybe I have to look harder.I can buy a 2.5-inch SATA to USB-C enclosure and make my own USB-C external but I couldn't readily find a spinner from Seagate, WD or Toshiba with a USB- port.I wonder why?Making my own would cost about $30.- Cdn more than a USB 3.0 external ready made which is actually a fair bit more percentage wise since USB 3.0 externals go for about $80 in Canada.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="krs, post: 1905022, member: 67742"] Thanks, Good idea to copy a video file from the Mac to the external and then try to play it. However, I just decided to try to play a video on that external again and now it works as if there had never been a problem. I can now play the video which I know did not work before and gave me the message I initially posted. So did others on that drive. I can also eject the external and also run disk utility which btw showed no issues. So I assume the original issue was that one or more of the contacts of the USB ports, probably on the external, didn't make contact. I never did like the USB 3 connector. All right - so I decided to invest in another external rive to make a backup of those videos but this time I'm going to buy a 2TB external with a USB-C connector. Well- to my surprise they don't seem to exist. Maybe I have to look harder. I can buy a 2.5-inch SATA to USB-C enclosure and make my own USB-C external but I couldn't readily find a spinner from Seagate, WD or Toshiba with a USB- port. I wonder why? Making my own would cost about $30.- Cdn more than a USB 3.0 external ready made which is actually a fair bit more percentage wise since USB 3.0 externals go for about $80 in Canada. [/QUOTE]

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