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What if the MacBook does not see the hard drive?

Due to the use of non-standard interfaces, Apple computers are very demanding on the periphery: the standards used. both the connector and the disk itself. the file system, even the compatibility of adapters plays a role. But why poppy does not see the hard drive, even when all these conditions are met? Today we will try to figure this out.

If your MacBook does not see an external hard drive or internal drive

If your Mac stops seeing an external hard drive, the problem in most cases can be solved by software. The most common cause of the malfunction is the file system, however, the problem may have hardware roots. for example, SSDs sometimes break due to static or short circuit. In this case, you may need a service replacement and installation of SSDs on your MacBook.

Please note that for full work with files external hard drive for macbook must be formatted to one of the supported standards. We will examine this question in more detail below.

How to copy files to a macbook hard drive?

The macOS operating system supports several data transfer methods at once. The easiest way to communicate between two computers (for example, in a bunch of MacBook stationary PCs) is to connect via shared access. When working on the same network, you can access any computer from the Finder window. for this you will need to select the desired system in the “Sharing” window and connect to the computer using the login and password of the administrator of the target PC.

If you need to transfer data from an external drive, you need to take into account the specifics of macOS when working with common file systems:

• NTFS. Full support for Windows; Mac will be able to read, but will not be able to write data;
• ExFAT. Full support for Mac and Windows, but macOS will not be able to use the drive to create backups;
• HFS. Full Mac support, but Windows will not see this drive.

At the same time, NTFS and ExFAT are the most common standards, which allows Mac owners to read data from these media out of the box. If you need to write data to an NTFS drive, you can use one of the third-party driver utilities.

How to format a hard drive on a macbook?

You can format the drive to a standard convenient for you using standard macOS / Windows tools. Please note that a new hard drive or flash drive will not appear in the Finder window until you convert it to one of the supported file systems.

To format the drive, we need Disk Utility (located in the Mac preinstalled folder). Running the program you will find a window with a list of partitions, among which will be a new unformatted disk. By clicking on the name of the desired drive, you will be taken to the information section; we’re interested in the Erase tool at the top of the screen.

As soon as you click on this button, a window with formatting settings will appear on the screen. Here you should specify the name of the disk and select the file system (in our case, ExFAT is best suited). Pressing the “Erase” button in the lower right corner of the window will start the formatting process.

How to choose the right hard drive for your MacBook

When choosing a drive, you should first of all take into account the specifics of working with a specific device: so, external hard drive for MacBook Air and early “bugs” can be selected taking into account any of the available interfaces (USB-A, Thunderbolt and, in some cases, FireWire), while MacBook Pro External Hard Drive 2016 model should ideally have support for Thunderbolt 3 or USB-C; otherwise you will have to deal with adapters.

Please note that the SSD module or external hard drive for macbook pro 2011-2012 can work with the Thunderbolt interface of the first version, which will provide a speed of 10 Gb / s. Keep this in mind so as not to overpay for more productive SSDs, for which the connector speed can become a bottleneck.

We will deal with the speed of work. Average portable / removable hard drive for macbook can “overclock” up to 800 Mbps, which corresponds to the FireWire standard on early “firmware”. The fastest drives can work with data at speeds from 1000 to 1500 Mbit / s, i.e. 1-1.5 Gbit / s, which will require USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt 1 (MacBook Pro and Air since 2011 support this interface).

When working with solid state drives, the speed increases to 5 Gb / s, which is the limit of USB 3.0. modern drives (in particular, based on PCI / Thunderbolt 3) support speeds up to 15 Gb / s, but these disks are not compatible with earlier MacBook models.

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