With Monterey update, can't see certain hard drives

I have a Seagate USB external that I use for Time Machine backups and have zero issues connecting to it.

I specifically said "a temporary solution" not "the solution" ... ;-)

Good Points all Jagbird

I'm not planning on returning mine, because I can't see what I can get to replace it at the moment!

Jagbird1 wrote:

And I also wonder if any official Apple bods interact with this forum and can update us???

They do not and will not.

Has anyone heard anything about a fix yet? The length of time this is taking is pretty poor! It's going on for 2 weeks now and there's nothing on the Western Digital site either.

Anyone??

Monterey is actually faster than previous versions of macOS in all those parameters for me.

You may want to start a separate thread, especially about that extended boot time.

You are a lifesaver pdtnyc 🙏🏽

Mine worked by changing cable!

Hi hamsong, I had their same issue, i.e., not being able to shut down with the afflicted drive plugged in. But I’m on the last of the Intel-loaded iMacs, not an M1.

Just FYI.

Maggot

When I used the usb-c to usb-c that comes with the laptop my G-Drive finally became accessible!

such a random fix! I unplugging the Wacom tablet also and magically the G drive I popped up back on!!! Thanks for this tip!

So it's not just me. Looking forward to a fix by Apple ASAP after purchasing a MacBook Pro 14".

Just upgraded to 12.1 and this solved the problem of my G-Drive 4Tb. I tested it on my M1. I will test it also in my intel based Mac, not yet upgraded.

Hmm, it seems like the 12.1 update did fix the issue for some certain drives but not others. Mine is still not working with MacOS 12, but works perfectly fine on every other system I mount it on.

Since updating to 12.1 a couple days ago, all of my G-Drives are working fine with stock cords... SO happy to have access to my stuff again...

I agree. Same problem with my Mac. Latest OS update made no difference. Need to try harder Apple