hi everyone. here is my problem:
i have a 27inch iMac. i recently purchased a Seagate backup plus 4TB external hard drive to use as my Lightroom file source. I formatted it using disk utilities in EXFAT format. I immediately copied around 1TB of data onto it. Used the drive all day yesterday with no issues. Went to sleep. I did not shut down my Mac (i normally don't). When i went to use the computer this morning, it wouldn't start up. So i did a hard start (is that what it's called? i just held down the power button until it booted up). Now my external drive won't mount. I've tried all the USB slots, I've reset PRAM, etc.
The external drive does mount and is recognized by my laptop PC. all my files are there. But i can't get it to mount on my iMac.
I assume this was a problem dismounting, when i hard reset my iMac?
How can I fix this, and how can i prevent it.
Please help!
thanks in advance
-c
i have a 27inch iMac. i recently purchased a Seagate backup plus 4TB external hard drive to use as my Lightroom file source. I formatted it using disk utilities in EXFAT format. I immediately copied around 1TB of data onto it. Used the drive all day yesterday with no issues. Went to sleep. I did not shut down my Mac (i normally don't). When i went to use the computer this morning, it wouldn't start up. So i did a hard start (is that what it's called? i just held down the power button until it booted up). Now my external drive won't mount. I've tried all the USB slots, I've reset PRAM, etc.
The external drive does mount and is recognized by my laptop PC. all my files are there. But i can't get it to mount on my iMac.
I assume this was a problem dismounting, when i hard reset my iMac?
How can I fix this, and how can i prevent it.
Please help!
thanks in advance
-c