I'm not understanding this at all. I wish you were able to show an example with a drive that's not mounting. I see the container, and it is in APFS. I'm afraid to 'erasing' the container as I'm on holiday and want to wait until I get back to my iMac before totally screwing myself.
I honestly don’t wish the same, I’m happy that all my disks work perfectly fine 👨🏼💻 this video just give potential solutions, but it most cases you have to reformat the whole disk anyway. But a lot of people unfortunately don’t understand the purpose of this video. I hope that everything will work well for you 👍
Yes that is possible. Not everything is ideal on MacOS. The purpose of this video is to give you some chance to fix things, instead of reformatting it straight away. Which you might unfortunately end up doing anyway.
Thanks for the video. I didn't understand how to fix the problem, erasing the data from the external hard drive. Format in exfat mode but it doesn't open on my mac, only on iPad. Do you know how to help?
Thank you for your positive comment 🙏 it’s hard to say what might be the problem. In this video I just mentioned few possible options, but it might not work for every disk.
Hi, My WD External 2TB is not mounting. Tried First Aid and Mount from Disk Utility no luck. Don't want to erase it as it's almost filled with data. Please help.
Hello, purpose of this video is to give you chance of fixing things before actually deleting the whole disk. If these techniques didn't help solving the issue the only way will be to reformat the disk.
Hi. I have an external Sabrent Rocket Pro USB-C 2tb that will not mount when plugged directly into my MacBook 15" 2018. But it will mount when using a simple unpowered usb-c to usb-a 4-port hub. I've tried multiple cables (including the original) that has worked in the past. When it's plugged in directly it has a constant light, it never shows in "Disk Utility", but using the hub it starts blinking as it should when it mounts. Hope you have a solution, I havent been able to find one via google :) Thanks Bjørn Sigvert
Hello Bjørn thank you for reaching out, but I am afraid I will not have a solution for that. Every disk can behave differently. Have you tried to connect it directly on a different Mac? If the issue is connected to the cable and the connection inside the Mac body or is it just in your computer?
Thank you. My Lacie drive was connected to my new M1 MBP and was not showing after I woke the computer from sleep. I didn't want to manually disconnect it as its HHD. I pulled dup disk utility and was able to click on the Lacie drive and mount it. Although I hope Apple fixes this so I don't have to do that every time.
i have a wd external hdd 5tb like you, I have already format it in Exfat, when I used it in windows in order to use it also on mac but it doesn't work yet. Do you think I have to format it again in exfat in my mac and it will work?
@@jeshuasaldana4514 yes, the first time i did the format was on windows and it didn't work on my mac. Then I tried doing the format on the mac first and then checked if it was working on windows and it did! Just ignore "This device needs to be repair" window on windows, it worked for me
@@Calchustler Maybe it can do something, maybe it can’t do another thousand things. It’s individual. I have never had any issue with any external drive in last 10 years, but I know people are complaining about it. That is why I made this video trying to help 👨🏼💻
@@OneByteAcademyOfficial The point itself people have to watch videos on how to do simple things, a failure of MacOS. I decided to sell my mac never be back again. Since both my exFAT and NTFS harddisks are not working, tried Transfer data to my PC using ethernet cable. While copying, Got pink screen of death too. Wasted my time thats why I am bit grumpy and poor mood. Expensive device doesn't supposed to make peoples' life hard. Overhyping things are bad always. This is a prime example.
Well you probably didn’t understand the point of this video. If the disk doesn’t work on the Mac there is quite easy solution to that - format it! 👨🏼💻 purpose of this video is to give you chance of solving the issue differently, but if none of this works you will have to format it anyway. It’s not fault of the video but the disk itself 😉
when I ran the first Aid on DiskUtility, I got the following message: Running First Aid on “” (disk2s1) Repairing file system. Volume is already unmounted. Performing fsck_exfat -y -x /dev/rdisk2s1 Checking volume. Checking main boot region. Main boot region is invalid. Trying alternate boot region. Checking alternate boot region. Alternate boot region is invalid. The volume could not be verified completely. File system check exit code is 1. Restoring the original state found as unmounted. File system verify or repair failed. : (-69845) Operation failed…
![Speed Up macOS Sequoia [How to Boost Mac Performance]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/vjcF3Hs-hXs/mqdefault.jpg)
Fix exFAT rive not mounting/showing up on Mac and restore data from the unmountable exFAT drive: bit.ly/47D0HoZ
Dude, you just prevented me from going nuts and downgrading my Mac! LOL! Thank you!
It is really help full. I am troubling for access external hard drive my window.
I’m happy you find the video helpful 👍💻
I'm not understanding this at all. I wish you were able to show an example with a drive that's not mounting. I see the container, and it is in APFS. I'm afraid to 'erasing' the container as I'm on holiday and want to wait until I get back to my iMac before totally screwing myself.
I honestly don’t wish the same, I’m happy that all my disks work perfectly fine 👨🏼💻 this video just give potential solutions, but it most cases you have to reformat the whole disk anyway. But a lot of people unfortunately don’t understand the purpose of this video. I hope that everything will work well for you 👍
Thank you brother ur a genius ....absolutely worked with running first aid
Awesome 👏 I’m really happy that it helped you!
TLDR: drive formatted on windows might have block size unsupported on MacOS.
Yes that is possible. Not everything is ideal on MacOS. The purpose of this video is to give you some chance to fix things, instead of reformatting it straight away. Which you might unfortunately end up doing anyway.
correct. windows formats in 1024k whereas mac (+linux) expects 128k. on windows, you can change that before formatting.
@@SLfilmBerlin I'm praying you just solved my issue here!
Thank You I just mounted the EXT dish on my linux Mint computer, here after that it mounted normally on my MacBook laptop
Happy to hear that 👍 thank you for your positive feedback 💻
Thanks for the video. I didn't understand how to fix the problem, erasing the data from the external hard drive.
Format in exfat mode but it doesn't open on my mac, only on iPad.
Do you know how to help?
Thank you for your positive comment 🙏 it’s hard to say what might be the problem. In this video I just mentioned few possible options, but it might not work for every disk.
Hi, My WD External 2TB is not mounting. Tried First Aid and Mount from Disk Utility no luck. Don't want to erase it as it's almost filled with data. Please help.
Hello, purpose of this video is to give you chance of fixing things before actually deleting the whole disk. If these techniques didn't help solving the issue the only way will be to reformat the disk.
Hi. I have an external Sabrent Rocket Pro USB-C 2tb that will not mount when plugged directly into my MacBook 15" 2018. But it will mount when using a simple unpowered usb-c to usb-a 4-port hub. I've tried multiple cables (including the original) that has worked in the past. When it's plugged in directly it has a constant light, it never shows in "Disk Utility", but using the hub it starts blinking as it should when it mounts. Hope you have a solution, I havent been able to find one via google :) Thanks Bjørn Sigvert
Hello Bjørn thank you for reaching out, but I am afraid I will not have a solution for that. Every disk can behave differently. Have you tried to connect it directly on a different Mac? If the issue is connected to the cable and the connection inside the Mac body or is it just in your computer?
Thank you. My Lacie drive was connected to my new M1 MBP and was not showing after I woke the computer from sleep. I didn't want to manually disconnect it as its HHD. I pulled dup disk utility and was able to click on the Lacie drive and mount it. Although I hope Apple fixes this so I don't have to do that every time.
Good that you figure it out 👍 yes I believe apple is aware of these issues and work on fixing them.
Yes, it worked, thanks
THANKS A LOT ITS REALLY HELP
Great! I’m really happy that it helped and you don’t need to format your disk 👍👨🏼💻
Thank you! Formatting in my mac first made the trick! I can use it in windows and mac now (wd external hdd 5tb)🎉🎉🎉
I’m glad it works for you 👍
i have a wd external hdd 5tb like you, I have already format it in Exfat, when I used it in windows in order to use it also on mac but it doesn't work yet. Do you think I have to format it again in exfat in my mac and it will work?
@@jeshuasaldana4514 yes, the first time i did the format was on windows and it didn't work on my mac. Then I tried doing the format on the mac first and then checked if it was working on windows and it did! Just ignore "This device needs to be repair" window on windows, it worked for me
@@jeshuasaldana4514 Yes I also think it has to be formatted on the Mac in order to work on both Mac and Windows 💻
Mine mounts then immediately crashes the OS I used a tool to put it in read only mode on mount called Disc Abritor but it’s no longer supported.
I’m sorry to hear that. Compatibility with different devices and external drives is still a problem for macOS 🤷♂️
@@OneByteAcademyOfficial it’s nothing to do with compatibility I’ve had the drive for years it’s corrupt.
Fix it without Format the Disk!
That's awesome! I am happy it worked for you 👍
Worked a treat! Thanks!
That’s great! I’m happy it helped 👍
What a bull **t OS this is, wasted my time. Never recommend MacOs. Ubuntu is better than this
It’s the matter of opinion and experience 🤷♂️
@@OneByteAcademyOfficial if free Ubuntu can do this easily, but MacOs can't, doesn't make sense.
@@Calchustler Maybe it can do something, maybe it can’t do another thousand things. It’s individual. I have never had any issue with any external drive in last 10 years, but I know people are complaining about it. That is why I made this video trying to help 👨🏼💻
@@OneByteAcademyOfficial The point itself people have to watch videos on how to do simple things, a failure of MacOS.
I decided to sell my mac never be back again. Since both my exFAT and NTFS harddisks are not working, tried Transfer data to my PC using ethernet cable. While copying, Got pink screen of death too. Wasted my time thats why I am bit grumpy and poor mood. Expensive device doesn't supposed to make peoples' life hard. Overhyping things are bad always. This is a prime example.
oh wow so useful! NOT!!! how can you do this when the exFat option is not available.......anyways who the h^&* doesn't know how a basic format !?
Well you probably didn’t understand the point of this video. If the disk doesn’t work on the Mac there is quite easy solution to that - format it! 👨🏼💻 purpose of this video is to give you chance of solving the issue differently, but if none of this works you will have to format it anyway. It’s not fault of the video but the disk itself 😉
when I ran the first Aid on DiskUtility, I got the following message: Running First Aid on “” (disk2s1)
Repairing file system.
Volume is already unmounted.
Performing fsck_exfat -y -x /dev/rdisk2s1
Checking volume.
Checking main boot region.
Main boot region is invalid. Trying alternate boot region.
Checking alternate boot region.
Alternate boot region is invalid.
The volume could not be verified completely.
File system check exit code is 1.
Restoring the original state found as unmounted.
File system verify or repair failed. : (-69845)
Operation failed…
It's very tricky with this topic. I just tried to share few common fixes, but it's really individual to every disk.