Seagate External HD not recognized on Monterey
I've been using a Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive for years to back up my MacBook (Monterey 12.3.1) with Time Machine, but now that I have Monterey (previous Catalina), it's not being recognized (through a Hub connection that does allow recognition of USB thumb drives) even though the light comes on and the disk spins. It's not recognized on Disk Utility either, so there is no reformatting option (don't really want to lose previous Time Machine backups anyway).
Sounds like this is now a known issue (OS Monterey doesn't recognize seagate ext… - Apple Community), but I'm not clear on the solution.
The link above discusses downloading the Seagate Toolkit as a fix, but others recommend against it. Meanwhile, I'm trying to get Paragon to upgrade NTSF for Mac since that seems to be the solution I used when I set up the HD in the first place.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.3