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USB and external hard drive not recognized after updating to MacOS Catalina

Hi, all my USB drives and external hard drive are not being recognized after updating to MacOS Catalina. They cannot be mounted as well using Disk Utilities. I'm using MacBook Pro 2015. Please help to address this issue asap. Thanks.

Posted on Oct 14, 2019 6:51 AM

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Posted on Nov 3, 2019 10:13 PM

I just lost my 2nd external hard drive since upgrading. I'm on a 2014 Macbook Pro. Lost a brand new Seagate 5 TB, now just lost a 4 TB I've used for years. They initially worked in Catalina, but now only appear in Disk Utility but refuse to mount.

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USB and external hard drive not recognized after updating to MacOS Catalina

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