External SSD is not detectible after Update

Since my Mac book Pro's latest update "MacOs Ventura 13.3.1 " it stopped reading my external hard drive (s). I tried the hard drive on another computer it worked perfectly, I even tried several hard drives same results ... I checked the cables and even changed them but nothing changed. Please any advice?

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.3

Posted on Apr 9, 2023 8:25 PM

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May 23, 2023 6:23 AM in response to dialafrombeirut

Same here but in Monterey (M1)

I noticed after updating to 12.6.6 this week in Monterey something was wrong.

I was getting 400+MB/s. Now my SSD reads and writes at 37 MB/s

Also my first hub i bought that worked great before but I did not like the style with the wire lead, does not detect my SSDs anymore. Tried different cables, ran first aid to solve nothing.

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