So I have a 1 terabyte Seagate hard drive I use it as an external Time Capsule backup for my computer but when I try to plug it into day the computer wasn't able to recognize the hard drive or if it did and never showed up in my devices or what I tried to do the backup. Any suggestions?
MacBook Pro, iOS 9.3.1
When connected to the Mac:
- Is the drive self-powered, that only powered by the USB bus? If so it could be that the USB port does not provided enough power. You can try a powered USB hub. You can also get a USB pigtail that takes power from to USB ports to the single USB port on the drive like this one.
StarTech.com® 1' USB Y Male To Micro-B Male Cable For External Hard Drive, Black
- Does it show in Disk Utility?
If it does what is format?
- Does it show in System Profiler under USB? You should see the chipset in the enclosure as well as the HD itself
OS X: About System Information and System Profiler - Apple Support
Try rebooting your computer and see if that helps.
My designated backup external hard drive wont show up
