External hard drive not showing up in Finder
Your drive is not showing because the cable is loose, the port is not working, or the drive needs to be mounted. Try a different USB port and check Disk Utility.
External drives sometimes do not appear in Finder even though the Mac recognizes them. This is because the drive is not mounted, the cable is loose, or the USB port has an issue.
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- Not checking Disk Utility first to see if the drive exists
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- If the drive does not appear in Disk Utility or in any USB port, give us a call.
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