external hard drive
Just switched to iMac...the external HD is not recognized? Plugged it in the thunderbolt USB slot. Do I need to activate that Thunderbolt bridge?
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Just switched to iMac...the external HD is not recognized? Plugged it in the thunderbolt USB slot. Do I need to activate that Thunderbolt bridge?
It's undoubtedly formatted as an NTFS volume. That's the default for Windows machines.
M1 based Macs can not read NTFS volumes out of the box.
Intel based Macs can read NTFS, but not write to it without 3rd party software.
It's undoubtedly formatted as an NTFS volume. That's the default for Windows machines.
M1 based Macs can not read NTFS volumes out of the box.
Intel based Macs can read NTFS, but not write to it without 3rd party software.
Should just spin up and mount within finder and if you have ticked hard disks in the finder preference pane will also show on the desktop as an orange drive icon.
Check the enclosure as they usually have LEDs that glow to confirm they are powered up.
There isn't anything you normally need to do in firmware or bios on a Mac
More information: It was part of my PC, Windows 10, set up. Unplugged it and replugged it into my new iMac M1. The system did not see it. I've ordered a new cable, although I don't think that's the solution. Since the OS doesn't see it I can't make any adjustments on the machine. I would assume that the USB bridges are set up plug and play??? Maybe I'm wrong. I've been a PC user for ever...this is a totally new adventure.
How is the drive formatted? If from a widows pc go to disk utilities and format to apfs. In disc utilities be sure you have “show all discs” noted
Even if it NTFS it should still mount as read only
Maybe it is not formatted at all or corrupt
My understanding it that is not true for M1 based Macs.
external hard drive