Timeline for WD External Drive shows empty in Finder, won't unmount or repair unless unplugged
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| Apr 15, 2020 at 6:35 | comment | added | CuriousMarc | @Allan: Then it may be a WD issue indeed. I have a Passport (1TB) and a Passport Ultra (2TB). I have seen others report this issue with either device. None reported for Seagate external devices for example. | |
| Apr 14, 2020 at 1:02 | comment | added | Allan | It may be USB to SATA controller on the WD unit itself; there’s no drivers for it per se as it’s a universal kext from macOS. What model. WD specifically do you have? | |
| Apr 14, 2020 at 0:33 | comment | added | CuriousMarc | High Sierra. The issue is very widely reported on many versions of the OS. It seems to be only with to WD drives. | |
| Apr 13, 2020 at 3:09 | answer | added | Todd | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 12, 2020 at 23:55 | comment | added | Allan | I have pretty much exclusively used WD drives except for the lone Seagate I'm still using for manual backups of various things. I haven't experienced any of these symptoms from El Capitan through Catalina. What version of macOS are you using? | |
| Apr 12, 2020 at 21:00 | history | edited | CuriousMarc | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 12, 2020 at 20:53 | history | asked | CuriousMarc | CC BY-SA 4.0 |