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Not seeing external drive on desktop

i have plugged in an external hard drive that i have had plugged in previously

iMac 27″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Mar 12, 2021 2:22 AM

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Posted on Mar 12, 2021 6:25 AM

since you are out of ideas then try this:

power off and disconnect all devices and then

SMC reset      https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295




Zap pram   https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063


reconnect your devices.

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Not seeing external drive on desktop

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