If the drive is formatted mac extended you will not need to initialize the drive before use unless you wish to partition it.
Lacie rugged drive not mounting mac.
Step 4 if you still cannot find it in the finder it might not be getting.
If the drive is formatted fat32 it will mount on most.
Rugged copilot d2.
Thunderbolt connection use the integrated cable to connect lacie rugged thunderbolt usb c to a thunderbolt or thunderbolt 2 port on your computer.
If you have followed all of these steps and the drive is still not recognized shut down your computer wait 3 to 5 minutes restart your computer and try again.
If the drive does not mount on your computer see troubleshooting topics in the frequently asked questions section to help resolve common issues.
This article explains about file systems and provides instruction to format a drive on windows and mac.
The next step is to try plugging the drive into a pc.
To mount a drive open disk utility and look for the drive in the list.
Current products which lacie considers usb 3 0 usb 3 1 and or thunderbolt 2 or 3 capable are listed in the following table.
In the event that the drive is still not recognized take the drive to.
Newer seagate and lacie branded external drives come preformatted exfat some older drives are formatted for pcs some for macs and some of them have special utilities allowing them to work between both without formatting.
If it also fails to mount there you will know that there is a problem with the drive while if it does mount then the problem is with your mac.
Compatibility information for lacie hardware and software is listed below.
Now click on the mounting button to mount it.
If the lacie setup assistant is not provided on the drive depending on the model your hard drive is formatted mac extended hfs windows fat32 or windows ntfs.
Step 3 sometimes the drive is connected but not mounted.
Open a finder window to see if the drive is mounted or not.