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I recently bought a "SanDisk ultra dual drive luxe USB type-C" flash drive. I used it to install ubuntu on my other laptop. After that I formatted it, and now plugged it into my macbook, but it is not detected in finder, as well as disk utility, but it is shown in "System Information" app. I have already enabled the option "external disks" in finder settings, but still it is not detected.
If that was the case you would have to move the rive back to Ubuntu computer and reformat the entire drive to something macOS would understand
links below on formatting external drive and Format types
Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support (CA)
File system formats available in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support (CA)
chidvilas005 wrote:
Yes, its working fine on the other computer
If the drive is working correctly on the computer running Ubuntu, you have to reformat it on that computer to ExFAT.
Reset PRAM and SMC (if both apply to your Intel/Silicon Mac). Try both USB-C and USB-A ends connected straight to the Mac's all USB ports with all other unneeded external devices disconnected. Format the disk in Ubuntu as FAT (MBR) and try again if the Mac sees it. If not, try FAT (GUID). If not, format it on some other device. If it still does not work, I am out of ideas.
Does this same problematic external drive mount and function on the Ubuntu Computer ?
Yes, its working fine on the other computer
Is your Sandisk Format is APFS or MacOS Extended Journaled?
How was the drive formatted to install Ubuntu on that machine
If not mistaken UBUNTU using an ext 4 drive format which would render the drive not usable on macOS Apple Computers
SANDISK FLASH DRIVE NOT DETECTED IN FINDER, AS WELL AS DISK UTILITY
