external hard drive not showing up disk utility

You can format the external storage device to resolve this problem. Or the file system of the external storage device is incompatible with Mac OS, NTFS, for example.

In some cases, the file system on the external storage device gets corrupted - so your Mac can’t recognize the it. Change the external hard drive/USB flash drive/memory card’s file system. Just choose the external storage device, and then click on “Erase” button. If the methods above still do not work, just try to format the external hard drive, USB flash drive or memory card. Run First Aid by clicking on First Aid button - find logical errors on your external storage device and fix them. Open Disk Utility on your Mac, if the external storage device is showing up on the left sidebar of Disk Utility, just select it, then click on “Mount” to let the external storage device mount on your Mac. Check the external hard drive, USB flash drive, memory card on Disk Utility. Or you also can try to connect the device to another Mac, PC to check if it can be recognized. Test, change, restart your Mac, reconnect your device, etc.

Just check your USB cable, Thunderbolt port. Check your USB cable, Thunderbolt port or try another Mac/PC. Go to Sidebar tab, tick 'External disks' under 'Devices' to show your external storage devices on Mac Finder. Choose Preferences > General and make sure that there is a tick beside External Drives.Ĥ. Click on Finder in the menu at the top of your screen.ģ. Try the following to make sure your Mac is set to show mounted drives on the desktop.Ģ. In other words, you didn't allow the connected external hard drives showing up in the Finder or on the Desktop. If your external hard drive, USB flash drive, memory card is not showing up in Finder and Desktop, it's possible that the configuration of the Finder Preferences is stopping your external storage device showing up. How to fix an external hard drive/USB flash drive/memory card that won’t show up on your Mac? Solution 1. The external hard drive/USB flash drive/memory card gets damaged.

Mac is infected by virus files or malware.

Normally, the reasons below would result in a external hard drive/USB flash drive/memory card is not showing up on your Mac. Why isn’t the external hard drive, USB flash drive or memory card not showing up on Mac? If you can’t find the external storage device, just follow the guide below to fix this issue. Normally, when you connect an external hard drive, USB flash drive or memory card to your Mac, you can find it on the desktop, Finder and Disk Utility. These external storage devices can be used for data backup, data transfer, etc. Most of Mac users own one or several external storage devices such as external hard drive, memory card, USB flash drive. I can’t find them on desktop, Finder or Disk Utility. “Hi, my WD my passport and Seagate portable SSD are not showing up on my Mac.

External hard drive not showing up disk utility