After updating this morning, I can't see certain G-drive hard drives on my MacBook pro. Some that I formatted over a year ago are fine. The two new most recent ones won't appear. I have checked that the finder show all hard drives. Disk utility doesn't seem them either. However, when I plug them into another MacBook pro that hasn't been upgraded they appear in the finder. What should I do?
Thanks!
I can also confirm that using the apple branded usb-c to usb-c (the one used to charge the ipad or macbooks) work to access my external drives. But to clarify, to this not all cords are created equal mantra in the comments. This is true, not all cords are created equal, only the apple-branded usb-s charging cables work, not the much faster apple-branded Thunderbolt 3 cables. They do not work. They are the ones used for fast data transfer (probably like the ones that come with your external drives, non-branded) they are noticeably thicker than the charging cords. Looks like we are going to suffer slower data transfer rates until apple resolves this major issue.
Hmm
I was looking for such a cable (I agree, the charge cables are really slow). I'm not sure which part number this might be, presumably it's a thunderbolt cable? Any advice welcome!
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.
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
So it's not just me. Looking forward to a fix by Apple ASAP after purchasing a MacBook Pro 14".
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...
Clearly an ongoing issue that I feel that Apple must resolve. Work arounds are all very well but that's not a real solution.
Can’t wait to give this a try!!
Update to Vettman06.
About the Wacom? Well, just plugging it back it worked!!
Now everthing is working, thank you again for your advice
Thank you so much! I tried the same method with an iPhone, plugging it in the other usb-c socket--it does the trick as well. Truly incredible!
With Monterey update, can't see certain hard drives
