iMac not showing external hard drive in "locations" in finder (or usb, etc.)

iMac not showing external hard drive in "locations" in finder (or usb, etc.)

what to do?

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 11.2

Posted on Mar 1, 2021 01:28 PM

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Posted on Mar 1, 2021 02:14 PM

Do you see the drive mounted in the disk utilities app?


Your sidebar might also simply not be showing it. You can try to make it visible by going to Finder > Preferences > and under General check Hard Disks to make drives visible on the desktop and then put a checkmark next to everything in the Sidebar tab.

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Mar 1, 2021 02:14 PM in response to joedee2x4

Do you see the drive mounted in the disk utilities app?


Your sidebar might also simply not be showing it. You can try to make it visible by going to Finder > Preferences > and under General check Hard Disks to make drives visible on the desktop and then put a checkmark next to everything in the Sidebar tab.

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