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drive fails to connect to mac

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    Solved- External hard drive fails to mount/show, or crashes mac, or fails to mount 2nd drive/device

    Hi all, An explanation of these various problems, and a simple solution, is below. I had a lot of hassle with trying to solve these five problems: 1 - Trying to mount an external hard drive, crashes the mac. 2 - The external hard drive fails to mount, (but doesn't crash the mac). 3 - Trying...