All in 1 hdd docking station

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Arendvdwalt Author

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All in 1 hdd docking station

I bought an All in 1 hdd docking but it is not recognised on my Macbook Pro when I connect it. Any advice?

Posted on Aug 24, 2019 3:19 AM

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Answer 1

HWTech

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Aug 24, 2019 11:47 AM in response to Arendvdwalt

It would help to know the exact model laptop and OS you are using which can be retrieved by clicking the Apple menu and selecting "About this Mac".

Also would be helpful to know what HDD docking station you purchased. The "All in 1" part worries me.

Open the Apple System Profiler (Option click the Apple menu) and check to see if the HDD dock is physically seen as a connected device (don't worry about seeing an actual drive).

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Arendvdwalt Author

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Aug 25, 2019 6:08 AM in response to y_p_w

Thanks

That is the correct one. So far no problems to read old HDs that I wanted to check and copy data from it (mainly photo RAW files)

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Arendvdwalt Author

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Aug 25, 2019 2:06 AM in response to HWTech

Hi Thanks for the answer.

I have solved the problem but give the info for reference

My laptop is a Macbook Pro 13 inch 2017 with 2 thunderbolt 3 ports

Operating system macOS Majove ver 10.14.6

The docking station is a "All in 1 HDD docking" station type 875

The problem was that the adaptor cable between the Thunderbolt port and USB cable of the adaptor was faulty and the problem was resolved by replacing the adapter cable.

The All in 1 HDD docking" was picked up by the laptop and actually works pretty well with the different hard drives that I tested in it. (I'm not associated with the product)

Regards

Arend

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