APFS Formatted external drive doesn't mount
I have a band new WD Mypassport 5tb, formatted in APFS.
Since a couple of weeks it refuses to mount.
It is visible in disk utility.
The volume shows, when I click on Mount it requests my password (Triple checked it).
And doesn't mount...
Diskutil ap list tells:
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APFS Containers (2 found)
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+-- Container disk1 E83C3E97-AAB5-46E5-8668-5BA633D924E2
| ====================================================
| APFS Container Reference: disk1
*****
+-- Container disk6 A3269169-9BE9-42E1-9134-2B4E18550726
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APFS Container Reference: disk6
Size (Capacity Ceiling): 5000737546240 B (5.0 TB)
Capacity In Use By Volumes: 4040648863744 B (4.0 TB) (80.8% used)
Capacity Not Allocated: 960088682496 B (960.1 GB) (19.2% free)
|
+-< Physical Store disk2s2 0C11BB9F-74D2-4E3F-8D3A-FD335B08F460
| -----------------------------------------------------------
| APFS Physical Store Disk: disk2s2
| Size: 5000737546240 B (5.0 TB)
|
+-> Volume disk6s1 2C6E599C-C204-4BE1-A981-16EA2A914D3B
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APFS Volume Disk (Role): disk6s1 (No specific role)
Name: DATA-GBA-5T-A (Case-insensitive)
Mount Point: Not Mounted
Capacity Consumed: 4040088399872 B (4.0 TB)
FileVault: Yes (Unlocked)
So I don't believe the disk has failed, it looks like APFS is doing something wrong
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