- Wd My Passport Not Showing Up On Mac
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- Wd My Passport Not Showing Up Mac
When I installed the Paragon NTFS for Mac and restarted my macbook the WD Passport drive seemed to mount and appeared for just a moment after logging back in and then it disappeared. Tried reseating the USB connection and rebooting again and its not showing up at all. Initially the drive mounted fine out of the box. If it's not showing up in Disk Utility and won't mount, then it's probably failing. You can try unplugging it and plugging it back in several times to see if you can't get it going again. If that doesn't work, it's probably time to call WD and get a RMA if the drive is still in warranty. WD Passport drives are warranted for 3 years.
A few days ago while I was trying to transfer files from the WD My Passport Ultra 2TB to the Time Capsule, it suddenly became unrecognizable. I've replaced the cable (no difference) and also run the Disk Utility on it. Disk Utility displayed the drive as uninitialized. It allowed me to run first aid, but then it just said 'operation successful' and there's no change to the drive. Please help!
Similar to what happened above, when WD My Passport is uninitialized on Mac, Disk Utility may show the drive uninitialized and all partitions get lost. Most of time, Disk Utility doesn't even read the drive. In this case, each time you plug into your WD My Passport, the operating system can't recognize it, making all data on the drive inaccessible. Have no idea of what goes wrong? Just keep reading. This passage will focus on how to fix WD My Passport uninitialized on Mac without data loss.
How to fix WD My Passport uninitialized on Mac?
Unfortunately, First Aid can only repair some tiny disk errors, WD My Passport uninitialized issue is beyond its capability. Under this circumstance, initializing the external disk is the most effective and easiest way. But if you have useful data, please back up before initializing. Forget to make any backup?iBoysoft Mac Data Recovery can help you.
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Step-by-step tutorial to recover lost data from uninitialized WD My Passport on Mac
Step 1: Download, install and launch iBoysoft Data Recovery for Mac on your Mac.
Step 2: Click 'Find Lost APFS Partitions' on the top right corner and then choose the uninitialized WD My Passport to scan all lost partitions on this drive.
Step 3: Select the partition where you lost data and click 'Next' to scan all lost files on this partition.
Step 4: Preview the scanning results, and click 'Recover' to finish recovery process.
Step 5: Go through to ensure you have got all lost files back.
Try to initialize WD My Passport on Mac
If you have made a backup of WD My Passport or you don't care about the data on the drive, you can directly initialize the drive in Disk Utility.
Step 1: Launch Disk Utility from Utilities.
Step 2: Select the uninitialized WD My Passport on the left part of the window.
Step 3: Click the Erase on the top of the Disk Utility window.
Step 4: Complete the related information (name, format, scheme, etc.), then click Erase button.
Common reasons for WD My Passport uninitialized on Mac
If you want to find out the cause of WD My Passport uninitialized on Mac, please recall what operations you did with the external hard disk before your hard drive not initialized. Did you plug the drive into unsafe computer? Did you interrupt the process when trying to partition the drive? Did you experience power failure or system crash when using the portable drive? Here are some general reasons for WD My Passport uninitialized:
1. File system corruption.
2. Virus infection.
3. Bad sectors.
4. Head volume corruption.
5. Connection problem.
According to your own situation, you can determine what might be the real cause. Even so, the most important thing is to fix WD My Passport uninitialized on Mac.
See also: How to fix when WD external hard drive for PS4 not recognized/not working?
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How to view files on wd my passport Windows 10/8/7
How do you open or view hidden files on wd my passport on Windows 10 or 7? Usually there are three different dialemma when your files cannot be accessed or open on my passport.
#1 How to show hidden files on wd my passport external hard drive Windows 10
Is it possible to view hidden files or folders? YES, you may go with the following steps to unhide files or folders on your western digital disk if files were hidden for some reasons and then cannot be viewed.
- Insert your wd my passport to a Windows computer like Windows 10 laptop, and it would display as an external storage device under THIS PC.
- Double clicking THIS PC, you will see your disk there (If it does not display properly, see this solution: how to read disk when it cannot be detected in Windows 10 - 6 fixes)
- Open your wd passport in File Explorer.
- In the Ribbon user interface of Explorer, click File -> Change folder and search options.
- The Folder Options dialog will open.
- Under the View options, scroll down and select 'Show hidden files and folders' under 'Hidden files and folders' options.
#2 WD my passport Files were hidden by virus or other causes/damages
If your files were hidden or deleted by virus or other unknown causes, use the following cmd to show files and folders on my passport.
Click 'Start' Menu > 'Run' > type 'cmd' > type 'attrib -h -r -s /s /d h:*.* '
Here is a video that shows how to view files that were hiden.
#3 How to view or access WD my passport Files that were deleted by unknown causes
Free wd external hard drive my passport recovery tool iCare Data Recovery Pro is free to help access files on my passport when files were deleted or removed or not seen even without a named cause.
Also read: recover files from wd my passport
WD my passport not detected on computer? My passport cannot be accessed? Try the following solution.
how to access external hard drive when it cannot be detected in Windows 10 - 6 fixes; or solution: wd my passport does not show up in Windows 10 pc
WD my passport won't open? wd my passport reported raw format? WD my passport needs formatting?
Try this solution: External hard drive raw format fix
Can't Find Wd My Passport On Mac
How to View files on wd my passport mac
This following video will show you how to see hidden files and folders on MAC with mac terminals to unhide files.
If your wd my passport does not show up in MAC, try the following solution in the link.
WD external disk my passport not showing up? Try this: WD hard drive not recognized on MAC fixes
Files deleted or removed from my passport? Lazesoft Data Recovery for Mac would show files that were removed by what kind of causes when the deleted files were not overwritten by new files.
Also read: 5 free file recovery software for mac
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