For this click on file and then click new finder window.
Lacie rugged hard drive not recognized mac.
Some lacie drives now ship with the lacie setup assistant installed.
Like windows mac also detects an external drive automatically.
Data can be securely restored from not recognized lacie usb drive without making any alterations to original file content during recovery process as this software is tagged as read only feature.
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.
I have lacie rugged fw usb external hard drive here and have plugged it in using the usb cables for power and actual connection to my windows 7 desktop.
Hard drives usb 3 0 drive.
The lacie setup assistant will automatically prepare your lacie hard drive for use on your system.
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 it doesn t follow these steps.
It was instantly recognized as a storage.
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You can also recover data when imac internal hard drive is not recognized it also includes other brands of hard drives that can be used on mac.
Only use certified interface cables such as the cables provided with your lacie drive.
Normally when you plug in an external hard drive to your mac s usb port you will see it appear on the desktop aka mount on the desktop.
Step 1 first of all look for the external hard drive in the finder window.
The lacie d2 professional is the go to external desktop hard drive for creatives using ssd based laptops or all in one computers with limited storage capacity easily edit and archive projects with 4tb of capacity and speeds of up to 240mb s.