Thunderbolt Ports are NOT CONNECTED / INACTIVE on MacBook Pro w Touch Bar

RichieRich2003 wrote:

Thunderbolt Ports are NOT CONNECTED / INACTIVE on MacBook Pro w Touch Bar.

externel ssd drive was not glowing (odd). I also had an ERROR MESSAGE on my macbook telling me to unplug to the usb accessory thar was using too much power. The ssd was not powered up as normally is when plugged in to macbook pro (it was completely off).

I plugged the external ssd drive back in to macbook pro and it did NOT power up

You may have misinterpreted what the The network setting option is all about:

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/bridge-virtual-network-interfaces-on-mac-mh43557/mac

It sounds like you external HD/SSD has failed in some manner, but what does this have to do with reaching out to a different Network via a bridge?

From > (Option Key) System Information>Hardware>ThunderBolt here you see your Thunderbolt ports being recognized....

If it it is not a true Thundrbolt device and you are using a USBC to USB adapter then the external SSD is actually using USB, see Hardware>USB instead, for connected device.

I would reboot the mac as a first step—and test your external drive.

You can try a different cable, a different port if in doubt.

if no resolve you can try an mount the external drive using Disk Utility.app and running the First Aid feature:

Repair a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support

RichieRich2003 wrote:

the ext usb-c ssd drive again and i got the pop up warning again that says USB ACCESSORIES DISABLED - UNPLUG THE ACCESSORY USING TOO MUCH POWER TO RE-ENABLE USB DEVICES.

Try resetting NVRAM/PRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379

and

Try resetting the  SMC  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295

RichieRich2003 wrote:

I still need advice. ...........I have use thst usb-c ext ssd all the time. My macbook thunderbolt ports show all not connected / inactive all of a sudden and will not recognize or power on the ext drive. to me, somethng needs to be reset on the MacBook maybe? ....i dont know. ill try to plug in something else to my MacBook pro to see if its the drive itself but my setttings on macbook seem to tell me my thunderbolt ports are not connected / inactive. I will say my POWER cable does work. Thanks

hmmm. Maybe you missed the point. Please advise if I am missing something here.

What is the this external drive being used for ?

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/ip-thunderbolt-connect-mac-computers-mchld53dd2f5/mac