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Samsung T5 Portable SSD won't Connect to my mac

Just bought a Samsung T5 SSD 1 TB it seemed fine at first but now it won't connect to my mac. I installed the software and after my computer rebooted after installation it says "Disconnected No Samsung Portable SSD is Connected"

iMac 27", macOS 10.14

Posted on Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM

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Posted on Jun 28, 2019 2:51 AM

Uninstall Samsung software.

Open disk Utility->Partition->give it a name->Mac OS Extended (journaled)

Run

Or:

if it already has a name and "partition" name: select the indented name, choose Erase, give a name and the same as above, start then

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Jul 5, 2019 3:05 AM in response to B45k3RV1LL3202

I managed to fix this by disabling the password that I had set on the device using the Samsung SSD password security software. I did this by borrowing a windows pc and turning off the security encryption.

once done the SSD is readable on both the borrowed windows pc and my Mac mini, but no security encryption. Which I can live without.

Samsung T5 Portable SSD won't Connect to my mac

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