I have a very old Mac book pro, OS X 10.11.6 running with El Capitan. Can I use an external Toshiba Canvio Drive? I just bought it, I see it on the desktop, but it doesn’t work.
thank you for any help!
Betty
MacBook Pro 15″, OS X 10.11
Follow these diections & choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for Fomat, GUID Partition scheme...
Erase a volume using Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support
Follow these diections & choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for Fomat, GUID Partition scheme...
Erase a volume using Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support
Open Disk utility does it show up there?
It may not as it's USB3 that might need more power than your USB2 can provide.
What Format is it?
In Finder Preferences>General & Sidebar, is external Disks checked?
OK in Disk Utility what format did it say?
Then what do you wish to se it for?
Yes, it shows in Disk utility, there are 2 icons with names: Toshiba External and underneath External_USB.
it also shows up in finder and in Preferences-general- side bars the external disk icon is checked
it says Disk - just Disk in the first windows. Second window says “volume fisico esterno USB”
I would like to use it as an external hard disc for storage
Thank you BDAqua! It worked fine! good advices
Great to hear my friend, take care! :)
How to use a Toshiba external drive with a Mac book pro OS X 10.11.6
