How to restore external hard drive from trash bin on MacBook Pro

I have a WD external hard drive with all my photos stored on it. I accidentally highlighted it when moving documents off my desktop to the trash bin. I moved the external hard drive to the trash bin and cannot find it in the trash bin to restore it. How do i restore it?


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MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 14.3

Posted on Mar 18, 2024 5:48 PM

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Posted on Mar 18, 2024 5:56 PM

KathyPackard wrote:

I have a WD external hard drive with all my photos stored on it. I accidentally highlighted it when moving documents off my desktop to the trash bin. I moved the external hard drive to the trash bin and cannot find it in the trash bin to restore it. How do i restore it?


Hi KathyPackard,


It seems like you ejected your disk (by dragging it to the Trash). You will need to reconnect your disk for it to show up again.


If you meant something else, let me know.


Hope that helped!

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Mar 18, 2024 5:56 PM in response to KathyPackard

KathyPackard wrote:

I have a WD external hard drive with all my photos stored on it. I accidentally highlighted it when moving documents off my desktop to the trash bin. I moved the external hard drive to the trash bin and cannot find it in the trash bin to restore it. How do i restore it?


Hi KathyPackard,


It seems like you ejected your disk (by dragging it to the Trash). You will need to reconnect your disk for it to show up again.


If you meant something else, let me know.


Hope that helped!

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