external hard drive

I have a LaCie portable hard drive - unused. When I connect it to either my Macbook or iMac it does not show in finder sidebar although I can see it when I look at disk utility . Have tried going to Finder preferences but toggling on/off for external hard drive makes no difference

iMac (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Jul 22, 2023 06:53 AM

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den.thed

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Posted on Jul 22, 2023 07:12 AM

Try erasing and reformatting the external drive with Disk Utility.

see > Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support

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Jul 22, 2023 07:12 AM in response to Paddyfromyork

Try erasing and reformatting the external drive with Disk Utility.

see > Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support

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