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I need to retrieve a hard drive, which was used on Mac, but when connecting the drive it boots and lights-up, except that it doesn't mount, in fact it doesn't appear in my USB bus connection despite booting-up and making noises when connecting it.



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  • Any idea/first diagnostic when the drive is not appearing on OSX USB Bus information?

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I need to retrieve a hard drive, which was used on Mac, but when connecting the drive it boots and lights-up, except that it doesn't mount, in fact it doesn't appear in my USB bus connection despite booting-up and making noises when connecting it.



Any idea why?










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  • Any idea/first diagnostic when the drive is not appearing on OSX USB Bus information?

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    Jan 24 at 9:29














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I need to retrieve a hard drive, which was used on Mac, but when connecting the drive it boots and lights-up, except that it doesn't mount, in fact it doesn't appear in my USB bus connection despite booting-up and making noises when connecting it.



Any idea why?










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I need to retrieve a hard drive, which was used on Mac, but when connecting the drive it boots and lights-up, except that it doesn't mount, in fact it doesn't appear in my USB bus connection despite booting-up and making noises when connecting it.



Any idea why?







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  • Any idea/first diagnostic when the drive is not appearing on OSX USB Bus information?

    – yazze
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  • Any idea/first diagnostic when the drive is not appearing on OSX USB Bus information?

    – yazze
    Jan 24 at 9:29

















Any idea/first diagnostic when the drive is not appearing on OSX USB Bus information?

– yazze
Jan 24 at 9:29





Any idea/first diagnostic when the drive is not appearing on OSX USB Bus information?

– yazze
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