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external hdd

  1. psycoperl

    Organizing external hdd/ssd devices.

    As time has gone by and projects, backups, Time Machine, Carbon copy cloner and the lack of expandable internal storage on Apple devices. I have an ever growing collection of external usb hdd/ssd devices. (4 and counting - some usba (with usbc adapters) and others usbc) I am looking for...
  2. S

    iPad Pro 5TB external HDD not detected

    Hi All I recently purchased an 11" iPad Pro (M4). I have a Seagate 5TB external HDD (exFAT) and it is not detected on the iPad. :( Things I have tried so far: Connected directly to the iPad. Connected to the iPad via a powered USB-C hub. Did a full format (not quick) of the drive (on my...
  3. N

    Apple Music How to sync Apple Music playlists/library located on external hard drive between Macbook Pro and iMac

    Hello people. I hope I can find answers to my problem here. Here is my situation: My music library is located on an external HDD. I have manually created playlists in Music app on a Macbook pro and I want to have those same playlists show on my iMac when I plug in the HDD to it. Bypassing the...
  4. L

    Ext HDDs randomly won't mount/show up in MacOS

    Hi, I'm still fairly new to MacOS and trying to learn my way around. I have several external hard disc drives and for some reason, they don't all mount/appear in MacOS. I'm not sure what to do about it or how to get them to appear. They are all formatted exFAT so they can easily be read across...
  5. SnarkyBear

    Change the name of an external hard drive in Mojave? Not partitions, but the actual drive itself.

    I have two identical external hard drives I wish to use on my iMac. They both show up on Disk Utility as "WD Elements 25A3 Media" I have been able to partition them as I desire, but I wish to change the names of the drives themselves so as to avoid confusion. In the good old days before...
  6. KieranDotW

    Reformatting External HDD when Disk Utility does not respond?

    Hi, I have a 2tb Seagate External HDD divided into two 1tb expansions for backups and external storage, respectively. As of a few days ago I have been able to mount and access the external storage partition; however the backup partition does not mount. As a last ditch effort I'm considering...
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