I plugged my seagate drive into my macbook pro but it isn't appearing on my desktop. I've restarted and checked the connections. All good. Light on external drive is on but computer doesn't see it.
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Your MacBook could be scanning the drive if it’s been unplugged (rather than ejected).
if you leave the drive plugged in until it’s been fully checked it’ll show up as normal.
if you need quick access:
Open Activity Monitor > highlight Disk and search for fsck > Double click fsck > click Quit > choose Force Quit, the external drive immediately appeared on the desktop with full access to all files.
You’ll need to do this every time until you leave the fsck the chance to do a full scan of the drive.
Your MacBook could be scanning the drive if it’s been unplugged (rather than ejected).
if you leave the drive plugged in until it’s been fully checked it’ll show up as normal.
if you need quick access:
Open Activity Monitor > highlight Disk and search for fsck > Double click fsck > click Quit > choose Force Quit, the external drive immediately appeared on the desktop with full access to all files.
You’ll need to do this every time until you leave the fsck the chance to do a full scan of the drive.
Refer to Change Finder settings on Mac - Apple Support.
Adjacent to "Show these items on the desktop" select External Disks.
Why is my external hard drive not appearing on my MacBook Pro?
