Select go utilities in the finder menu bar.
Lacie rugged external hard drive wont show up on mac.
Even on mac formatted drives.
The problem is that the lacie icon doesn t show up so i cant access the data on the hard drive.
Select preferences and the general tab.
If the box is checked move on to fix external hard drive not showing up on mac.
Yet it doesn t show up as a drive in my.
Open a finder window.
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.
D restart the computer.
It was labeled.
In the utilities folder double click disk utility.
Try another usb port or another pc if the drive still isn t working unplug it and try a different usb port.
Restart pc change usb port and usb cable reconnect the lacie external hard drive on pc.
C right click on the usb driver icon and select uninstall.
If it still doesn t show up continue with step 2.
Only use certified interface cables such as the cables provided with your lacie drive.
The only place it shows that it knows a drive is connected is in the task bar where it gives.
Update usb hub drivers in device manager.
Sorry but i forgot to mention the exact problem.
Make sure the box next to external disks is checked.
By happen chance i took another crack at the disk management and i noticed a drive was missing.
A press windows x key on the keyboard and select device manager.
You can also see it in the finder in the left column under.
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.
A all connected storage devices partitions or disk images are displayed in the left column.
It s possible the port in question is failing or just being finicky with your.
So i plugged in my lacie external hard drive and poof a new drive showed up.
I have lacie rugged fw usb external hard drive here and have plugged it in using the usb cables for power and.
Make lacie external hard drive shows up detectable on pc.
Select the lacie hard drive in the left column.