External drive and macOS Monterey

Not the most savvy with Mac, here goes. Upgraded to Monterey and now my external G-force drive usb-c(that I got from Apple) doesn't show up in Finder, I can't figure any way to access it. It was in Finder before. I made sure the Finder left column showed everything. No help. I can see the drive in System Information and I can see it in Disk Utility but the Mount is greyed out so I can't select Mount. Tried shutting down restarting, disconnecting/reconnecting, patting my head and rubbing my stomach at the same time. All no help. Did I back up before upgrading? Well.....I use time machine(is that not good?). Trouble is I have time machine saving the backups on the external G-force drive which I can't access now. What should I do? Kind of frustrated. Like to down grade but I'm really not sure if everything is saved in the time machine plus reading some instructions on downgrading to Big Sur that are posted I get lost fairly quickly. It would be easier if someone would just say do such-n-such and it shows up. Any body have a magic fix like that?

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Nov 22, 2021 9:26 PM

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Posted on Feb 16, 2022 3:39 PM

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Nov 25, 2021 2:36 PM in response to Redhawk1612

Redhawk, there are several threads in several different subforms about this. Monterey has hosed compatability with many external drives, mostly (it seems) USB-C externals. Your issue is replicated over and over. Please contact Apple Feedback and tell them that you have the issue. The more people that speak up, the more likely it is that this will be addressed by Apple in a subsequent update.


But yes, you have, sadly, joined the club. (Note: you can use an Apple brande USB-C to USB-C charge cable to connect your drive, and it should mount — but this is NOT a fix. Your transfer rates will be abysmal. Apple needs to issue a real fix, so please don;t mark this "solved.")

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