Wondering if this is an issue with Monterey since the older coms are not running that OS and are working fine. Not sure what to do as the internet isnt helping solve the problem. It also still works on older devices.Ĥ) The other drive is brand new and nothing is working for that one to mount as well. ( error 49153."ģ) I have run diagnoistics on the older drive and everything came back fine.
Neither are working on the new ones.Ģ) I have looked in disk utility and I can see the drives but I cannot mount them. Once the formatting is finished, close the Disk Utility.
No matter what I do I can not get ANY exernal drive to mount on any of my new Macbooks running Monterey.ġ) I have downloaded the WD discovery and utility which is the program that has helped my older macbook and imac mount the drives. Hit Erase, and the WD, My Passport format for Mac, will start. I also bought a brand new external drive (WD My Passport- which is suppoed to be compatable with macs) as well as have my old external drive (WD My Passport) that has been working on my old mackbook 15in and my even older iMac for years. “Finder” is in your dock, or you can find it in Launchpad or use the spotlight search.My Passport Drives not working on brand new comp I have recently bought a brand 2 new Macbook Pro 14in and its running Monterey. Go to FinderĪssuming you’re starting with the Mac powered on and the WD my Passport plugged-in, open Finder. The drive will be “read-only” and unusable when you first plug it into your Mac.įortunately, formatting it to the right file system for your Mac is simple. And if you’re like me, you expected it to be “plug and play” and work seamlessly with your Mac right out of the box.īut, that is not the case, as the WD My Passport drive is usually preformatted with NTFS, a file system that works with Windows. If you’re reading this article, you likely recently purchased a WD My Passport external hard drive to back up your Mac. Steps to Format WD My Passport on Your Mac
Find Your WD My Passport Drive in Your Drives Steps to Format WD My Passport on Your Mac.
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