Lacie Rugged Hard Drive Not Showing Up Mac

Lacie external hard drive not recognized on mac but recognized on pc i just got both a macbook pro and a lacie 1tb rugged safe external hard drive just a few days ago.

Lacie rugged hard drive not showing up mac.

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. 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. When the computer awakes from sleep mode the drive may not have enough time to spin up causing the pop up to appear. Generally compatible with mac and windows.

Mac os can read ntfs volumes but cannot natively write to them. Exfat is not a journaled file system which means it can be more susceptible to data corruption. The native hard drive file system for mac. Lacie 5tb rugged usb c usb 3 0 portable external hard drive next gallery image lacie 5tb rugged usb c usb 3 0 portable external hard drive 179 95.

Only use certified interface cables such as the cables provided with your lacie drive. The hard drive icon does not appear on my. Windows cannot natively read or write to hfs journaled hard drives. 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. Hard drives usb 3 0 drive mobile drive rugged. Some lacie drives now ship with the lacie setup assistant installed. Mac os extended hfs.

You can also see it in the finder in the left column under.