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WD EASYSTORE NOT SHOWING UP ON MAC

05-10-2021admin

Answer (1 of 6): When you plug in a hard drive into your Mac, you expect it to
pop up in Locations in Finder, next to your remote disk and the computer itself.
But sometimes Macs don't recognize external hard drives like WD or Seagate.
However, the fact is that the WD hard drive is detected by macOS but it is not
set to show up on Mac. In this case, you can show the WD hard drive by changing
the preferences: Step 1: Go to Finder Preferences General, make sure the
'External disks' option is ticked. This will make the recognized WD hard drive
show up on the Desktop. WD Easystore 2 TB Not Showing Up On Computer When
Plugged In. I had the WD Passport before, but lost it so I decided to get the
Easystore because it was available. I just bought it last month and right now is
the first time opening the box and trying it because I need to backup some
files. I have a MacBook Air and when I plug it in, nothing.

'I have a WD My Passport external which is not recognized on Mac, but I have
stored many files on this external HDD. So can anybody tell me how to recover
data from an unreadable external hard drive for Mac? I have some important excel
files on this external, so I would appreciate it very much if anybody can
recommend useful excel recovery software.'

WD My Passport external hard drive is able to work on Mac and Windows PC for
data transferring or backup. If a WD My Passport external hard drive is not
recognized by Mac OS, you had better make it clear if the problem is caused by
external HDD error or Mac OS crash.

Windows? -> [5 fixes] how to fix wd usb disk not showing up on Windows 10

Here are 4 fixes for you on MAC for fixing the wd disk not showing up problem.


#1 - TRY IT ON ANOTHER MAC MACHINE

You can connect the WD My Passport to another computer to see if it can work
normally. Once you are sure that the WD My Passport is corrupted and becomes
inaccessible, you had better stop performing any further data writing to this
external.


#2 - RECOVERING FILES FROM WD MY PASSPORT THAT IS NOT READABLE ON MAC

For an unreadable external hard drive data recovery, you need to rely on a
professional data recovery program. Free mac data recovery tool such as Lazesoft
Data Recovery for mac is a good solution for data recovery from any storage
media including WD My Passport when it is not detected by Mac OS or other PC.

Also read: 5 free file recovery software for mac

Option: Recovering data from wd external hard disk with free data recovery
software on Windows 10 - iCare Data Recovery Free.


#3 - FIX WD MY PASSPORT NOT SHOWING UP ON MAC WITH DISK UTILITY

Also read: 5 free ways to repair usb disk on mac


#4 - CHECK FINDER PREFERENCE

Check wether the disk is selected under finder preference under General, and
Sidebar.

Also read: 5 free ways to repair usb disk on mac


POSSIBLE REASONS WHY WD MY PASSPORT DOES NOT WORK ON MAC


FORMAT WD EASYSTORE FOR MAC

Everybody knows that the most important thing is to restore all lost data when a
WD My Passport drive is not recognized on Mac, but many people still like to
know the reasons why an external hard drive stops working on Mac. Here are some
possible reasons:

 * WD My Passport external contains too many bad sectors
 * The WD My Passport is infected with virus or Trojan
 * WD My Passport portable HDD file system is corrupted
 * WD my passport external hard disk is formatted wrong or needs updated drivers
 * More other reasons


SOLUTION WHEN WD MY PASSPORT IS NOT RECOGNIZED DUE TO INCOMPATIBILITY ISSUE

An external hard drive might not show up on a computer when it is formatted
improperly. As you know, when you buy a new external hard drive, it usually has
FAT32 or NTFS file system. Both of file systems are able to be recognized by
Windows OS, but it might become unreadable when you plug an external hard drive
that has FAT32 or NTFS file system to a Mac computer. Therefore, if a WD my
passport external hard drive is not recognized by Mac OS, but it is able to be
compatible with Windows OS, you only need to format it to HFS+ file system which
is able to be recognized by Mac OS.


WD MY PASSPORT DOES NOT SHOW UP DUE TO VIRUS ATTACK

As mentioned above, an external hard drive must be formatted properly so that it
can be detected by Windows or Mac OS. However, sometimes, virus infection might
corrupt the file system of WD my passport external hard drive and make it not
show up when you connect the external to your computer. In this situation, you
can recover all inaccessible data at first and then you can run antivirus
software to scan the external hard drive and finally format the external into
proper format.


WD MY PASSPORT EXTERNAL IS RECOGNIZED ON MAC BUT BECOMES INACCESSIBLE


WD EASYSTORE EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE NOT SHOWING UP MAC

Another situation is that the WD my passport portable hard drive can show up on
Mac OS when you plug it to your computer, but the problem is that you are unable
to access any data stored on this disk. In this situation, you can also check
whether the external hard drive file system is compatible with Mac OS. If WD my
passport external HDD has unknown file system, you can use iCare Data Recovery
to recover files from inaccessible drive and then try to format the WD my
passport external hard drive to HFS+ file system. If you want to use your
external hard drive in Windows PC, you can connect it to a Windows PC and format
RAW to NTFS file system.

It does not matter why a WD My Passport external HDD is not recognized, you have
chance to recover files from WD portable hard drive which is not detecting as
long as it is not physically damaged or overwritten.

Last updated on Aug 30, 2021

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