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Jul 2, 2016 1:36 AM in response to Kunjalp9by lllaass,- 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?
- 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
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203001
This is the Mac Pro desktop forum. I requested your post be moved to the MacBook Pro laptop forum.