What to do if the MacBook isn’t connecting to an external hard drive
1. Try using a USB hub or a power adapter
If your MacBook can’t connect to an external hard drive, it might not have sufficient power. To fix this, try connecting your hard drives to a powered USB or Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) hub. Alternatively, try connecting your external device to its power adapter.
2. Check the cables and the connection
Sometimes these types of problems can occur if you have issues with your cables. To fix this, be sure to inspect both power and data cables and ensure that they aren’t damaged. If this is the case, you may need to buy a new one. In addition, you can try connecting your external hard drive directly to your Mac instead of a hub.
3. Make sure your device is formatted properly
If you’re using your external hard drive with both Windows and Mac, it’s rather likely that it’s not formatted properly. Mac doesn’t work with the NTFS file system, so be sure to check your external drive on another system. If it’s formatted using an NTFS file system, you’ll have to format it again, but this time use exFAT, FAT or Mac OS Extended file system. For the best compatibility with Windows, using exFAT is recommended.
4. Make sure that the external hard drive is mounted
If your external hard drive isn’t recognized, try mounting it manually. To do that, follow these steps: Your drive should now become available in Finder.
5. Reset NVRAM and SMC
One method that can help you is resetting NVRAM and SMC. To reset NVRAM do the following: To reset SMC do on models with the T2 chip, do the following: If you don’t have T2 chip do the following: There you go, several quick and easy solutions that should help you if your MacBook won’t connect to an external hard drive. READ ALSO:
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