How to find external drive on macbook pro. Alternative ways to recover data from an external hard drive. In the finder locate your hard drive and open it. Click it to highlight its name in the find window.
Plug the power adapter back in and switch your mac back on. How to fix a drive that wont show up on a mac. Check your usb connections for a snug fit or frayed cables missing pins.
Note it only appears to work when you allw spotlight to index the volume ie it is not in the spotlight privacy list. Update finder preferences to show external drives. Navigate to the top left corner of your screen and click on finder.
Double click on the drive to open its top window and then in the finder cmdf. Alter finder preferences to show the icon of external device. Do this for 10 seconds.
It will appear in the find window. Open the finder on your computer usually this is in your dock. Press shift control option and the power button at the same time.
Shut down and unplug the power adapter. Click file in the hard drive menu and then click get info. Connect the usb device to its own power source if possible.
Check the external disks mark which allows to display its icon on desktop. Click on the finder icon.
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