OP wrote: 'I will certainly do so once I get the data off- I have 10 issues of my magazine on it and I'm under deadline' Your first priority is to PROTECT THE DATA. I suggest you take the drive to ANOTHER MAC (not the one giving you problems). Can you get the drive mounted?
Can you see the data? Then, the next step is to attach ANOTHER DRIVE and 'copy over' the data. Once the data 'is safe', now it's time to 'go to work' on the drive.
And there you have it, the format WD My Passport for Mac in 10 quick steps. YouTube Video Covering the Format of WD My Passport for Mac. This video from Acquevara shows the formatting of an external hard drive on a Mac using Mac OS Sierra. The WD Passport for Mac is one of several drives that I use for. After Disk Utility loads select the drive (out-dented entry with 1TB WD Passport.
I suggest you follow the advice in reply #5 above: - GET RID of the proprietary WD software - ERASE the drive using Disk Utility (Mac OS extended with journaling enabled) - TEST the drive using DU's 'repair disk' button. What report do you get? - IF you get 'a good report' from DU after doing the above, REPEAT THE TEST FIVE TIMES in succession. Do you get a good report each and every time? - IF SO, I'd continue using the drive.
Summary In this article, we will analyze how a WD My Passport external drive could be brought back to life after it fails to mount on Mac. Yes, is also taken care of in this blog. Popular Uses of WD My Passport WD external hard drive such as My Passport are suitable and trusted devices serving as the best backup tools for Mac internal drive’s data. Mounting a WD My Passport! A stable WD My Passport is readily available on the Desktop, Finder, and Disk Utility when the drive gets plugged into Mac’s USB port. Further, transfer of files to-and-from the WD My Passport is made possible when the drive is successfully mounted on the Mac computer.
After the job is done, the WD is safely removed from the Mac. How and Why WD My Passport is Not Recognized on Mac? There are several possibilities for a WD My Passport hard drive going invisible on a Mac system. Those possibilities could range from:. WD’s corrupt partition table.
WD’s damaged file system. Disk errors on WD.
Hard drive faulty cable. Wear and tear on WD. Failed Restore on WD. Failed Partitioning on WD My Passport. Bad blocks.
Lastly, damage to a WD device Identifying an Unmounting WD My Passport? You can try below actions to determine if the WD My Passport external hard drive is mounting on your Mac: 1. Connect the WD My Passport to your system, 2. Wait for the drive to appear in the Finder and Desktop.
Note: If the WD gives no response after getting connected with the Mac then go to Finder. Hi there, I’m trying to use a brand new WD drive for my mac, which is running High Sierra 10.13.3, and I’m realizing I bought the drive formatted for Windows.
I’m having a very hard time trying to get this drive reformatted for Mac. I’ve been searching forums but to no avail.
When in Disk Utility, on the left, this drive is now called “disk3s1”. At the top of Disk Utility, underneath this title it says: “USB External Physical Volume – MS-DOS (FAT)”. I am struggling to get this drive converted for a mac now. Erasing, Partitioning, First Aid, Mount have all run into errors.
Do you have a simple step by step of how to fix this? Like I said, I haven’t even used this drive yet and I’m running into problems already. ? Thank you in advance for any help.