why external drives not recognized

[vansouza]

I have two externals that connect to my iMac but my new MBPro will not recognize them. There external lights act like they are connected but do not show on the desktop or the Disk Utility. Help. running Mavericks

 

[simon48]

Simple I know, but have you tried restarting?

 

[mobilehaathi]

Edit: never mind I misread something.

 

[Astroboy907]

Do you often pull the cords out on these drives without ejecting them first?

 

[simon48]

Do you often pull the cords out on these drives without ejecting them first?

Even if you do and something bad happens Disk Utility should still recognize them.

 

[PicnicTutorials]

with the computer on pull the power cord out of the external and put it back in. The external drive should show up. if it doesn't make sure finder prefernces says show external drives in desktop.

 

[simon48]

with the computer on pull the power cord out of the external and put it back in. The external drive should show up. if it doesn't make sure finder prefernces says show external drives in desktop.

Or you could just open a Finder window or Disk Utility...

 

[PicnicTutorials]

Or you could just open a Finder window or Disk Utility...

Well when my WD external is not recognized it is nowhere to be found. That is untill I unplug it and plug it back in. Then it pops up untill the next time I restart or sleep.

 

[simon48]

Well when my WD external is not recognized it is nowhere to be found. That is untill I unplug it and plug it back in. Then it pops up untill the next time I restart or sleep.

I was responding to you saying:

if it doesn't make sure finder prefernces says show external drives in desktop.