So when i plug my external hard drive into my mac it connects for about 5 seconds then disconnects and doesn't reconnect, its formatted fat32 which is for both windows and mac and when i connect it to windows it works fine
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Problem when connecting external hard drive
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Ok so i figured this out byself if anyone else struggles
Reset your mac and hold cmd R when its starting up disk ulitly then should appear and you should see you device (make sure its plugged in, first aid should be selected and then click repair it should fix this issue and won't wipe any files from the drive
Reset your mac and hold cmd R when its starting up disk ulitly then should appear and you should see you device (make sure its plugged in, first aid should be selected and then click repair it should fix this issue and won't wipe any files from the drive
Trust me when I say did to try to Reset Your PRAM? See if that helps and hold it down for three beeps then let go and let it boot normally. See if this helps, Good Luck.
thanks for the help thoI think it might be a 2.5 and it has no power supply slot just the one for the usb
sometimes if it hasn't been plugged in for a while it stays connected longer, please someone help
i think ive fixed it now, for some reason it stays connected with this usb which has two usbs on the end to plug into the mac, but it worked fine on a windows with just a single usb :S
[[ i think ive fixed it now, for some reason it stays connected with this usb which has two usbs on the end to plug into the mac, but it worked fine on a windows with just a single usb ]]
You have a drive enclosure which requires "too much" power to be used with only one Mac USB port.
That's why you have to use the "Y" cable adapter.
It's either that, or use an external power supply block (the drive may have a port for a power block on it).
See reply #6 again...
You have a drive enclosure which requires "too much" power to be used with only one Mac USB port.
That's why you have to use the "Y" cable adapter.
It's either that, or use an external power supply block (the drive may have a port for a power block on it).
See reply #6 again...