samsung external ssd

I cannot mount my Samsung T3 external SSD drive since installing Catalina. Message says I need a new SAT driver. Samsung tries to install one but it is not compatible with OS 10:15.

Samsung not helpful.

I save my time machine files to this drive.

Can I just reformat this drive? I hate the Samsung software anyway.

Posted on Oct 10, 2019 8:29 AM

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