Os X Can't Repair The Disk My Passport For Mac

Aug 20, 2018 Fix 4: Repair the My Passport. Fortunately, in Mac, we have First Aid to repair the external drives such as My Passport. Step #1: From the “Disk Utility” click on the connected external drive. Step #2: Now click on “First Aid” from the top of the screen. Step #3: Finally select “Run” and start diagnosis. Step 2: Get the MacOS install files. This process will depend on whether you want to run the beta or a full version of macOS, or even an older Mac OS X.

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Mac Os Can't Repair The Disk My Passport

Read this article till the end to fix My Passport not opening on Mac or unable to copy or transfer date between them. Some users have recently reported that their My passport for Mac not showing up on Mac which is a very serious issue. What can be the reasons external hard drive not showing up on macOS Mojave? Is there is connectivity issues? Is hardware corrupted? System malfunctioning? For no reasons, the hard drive is not showing up then follow our guide to fixing My passport for Mac not showing up on Mac.

Primarily we have mentioned the steps that you need to go through so that if you lack one of them, then your hard drive will not visible in Mac. Moreover, if you are correctly doing as mentioned in the basic steps (Fix 1) then follow the next fix to get positive results.

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My Passport for Mac not showing up on Mac MacOS Mojave or Earlier

Fix 1: Check the basics

Connect the hard drive to the Mac properly. Also, check the cable of drive and USB port of the Mac.
Connect the hard drive to another computer and then check it is responding or not.
Restart the Mac and then try to connect My passport to the Mac.

Is the problem is My passport is not showing up on desktop or finder? Then try below fix.

Fix 2: Show my passport for Mac or on desktop

It is also possible that you haven’t enabled Show external drive on desktop or Finder. In this case, first of all, check that option and enable it.

Step #1: Launch “Finder”.

Step #2: Click on “Preferences”.

Step #3: Select the “General” tab.

Step #4: Now, click on the “External Disks” beneath “Devices” or else click on “Show these items on the desktop”.

Step #5: From now onwards you can see the external drive on the desktop.

Fix 3: Check My Passport in Disk Utility

Still, if you are unable to find out the My Passport on the Finder or desktop, then we will look for the external drive from the Disk Utility.

Step #1: Go to “Disk Utility” from the Spotlight.

Step #2: Click on the “Mount” button by right-clicking on the My Passport external hard drive on the left side of the screen.

Fix 4: Repair the My Passport

Fortunately, in Mac, we have First Aid to repair the external drives such as My Passport.

Step #1: From the “Disk Utility” click on the connected external drive.

Step #2: Now click on “First Aid” from the top of the screen.

Step #3: Finally select “Run” and start diagnosis.

That’s it.

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WD My Passport Ultra 1TB drive not detected on PC, how to fix it

'I have a WD My Passport Ultra 1TB portable drive for storing movies, photos, and important personal files. This morning, WD My Passport suddenly became inaccessible, couldn't be detected by my computer.
The WD hard drive failed to show up on my PC and I couldn't access saved data either. Is there a possible way that can help me to repair the not detectable WD drive to work again?'

If you are having a similar problem on your WD My Passport Ultra hard drive or other brands of external hard drive or devices, don't worry. Here in the below, we'll show you how to fix and repair not detectable or unrecognized WD My Passport or other brands of the external hard drive to work again.

Quick Fix. Try a different USB cable or PC

When your computer cannot detect or read your WD hard drive, you can first try to change the USB cable and connect it with another USB port or new PC to see if the drive can be read or not.

1. If the drive can be read via new a USB cable or on a new PC, then the drive is working fine. The problem exists on the USB cable.

2. If the WD drive cannot be detected either, you can selectively follow below 3 methods to get problems fixed and repair the WD My Passport drive to work again.

Method 1. Change WD drive letter and path to make WD drive detectable

When your WD become inaccessible, you can follow the guidelines below to change WD drive letter and path to make it detectable and accessible again in Windows PC:

Step 1. Press Win + R to bring up Run dialog > Type: diskmgmt.msc to open Disk Management.

Step 2. Right-click on WD drive and choose Change Drive Letter and Paths.

Step 3. Click Add and choose the drive letter beside Assign the following drive letter > Click OK.
If WD drive has already assigned with a letter, click Change to choose another letter for it.

Step 4. Then restart PC and you can check out whether the problem still exists or not.

Method 2. Fix corrupted system files and update device driver on WD drive

If the system files corrupted or the WD device driver is outdated, you won't be able to access the drive. Follow to see how to fix corrupted system files and update WD device driver now:

1. Fix bad sectors and corrupted system files on WD drive

Download EaseUS partition manager software to repair corrupted system files on WD hard drive or external hard drive.

Step 1: Open EaseUS Partition Master on your computer. Then locate the disk, right-click the partition you want to check, and choose 'Check File System'.

Step 2: In the Check File System window, keep the 'Try to fix errors if found' option selected and click 'Start'.

Step 3: The software will begin checking your partition file system on your disk. When it has completed, click 'Finish'.

2. Update WD device driver

1. Right-click on the Windows icon at the left corner and select Device Manager.

2. Find and expand Disk Drivers, Portable Devices, Universal Serial USB Controllers or Other devices to see if WD device is shown as Unknown device.

3. Right-click on Unknown device > select Properties.

4. Go to Details tab > Set Property to be Hardware Ids.

5. Right-click the top Value and click Copy.

6. Paste what you copy into a browser to search the correct device driver, find and download the correct WD device driver and install it on your PC.

7. Then restart your computer and everything shall work fine with your WD My Passport Ultra drive.

Method 3. Uninstall/Reinstall USB controllers on WD My Passport drive

Os X Can't Repair The Disk My Passport For Mac Free

Step 1. Right-click on the Windows icon at the left corner and select Device Manager.

Step 2. Find and expand Universal Serial Bus controllers > Right-click on USB controllers on your WD drive and select Uninstall device.

Step 3. Restart the computer and Microsoft will automatically reinstall the USB controllers software for your WD drive.
After this, you shall be able to visit and access saved data on your WD Passport Ultra drive normally by then.

Extra Important Tips

If your WD hard drive shows up and can be detected normally again, please don't rush to use it. Please do these tips first:

1. Copy and backup important data from your WD hard drive to another storage device.
2. Format WD hard drive or external hard drive to NTFS for saving data again.

If the WD hard drive still doesn't show up or cannot be detected, some physical errors may have occurred to your device. Please try these tips for a guide:

Mac Os Can't Repair The Disk My Passport

1. Search and find some manual guide online to check the physical error on your WD hard drive.
2. Or you can take your WD drive to a local hard drive repair center for professional help. (If you are not professional, please try this tip.)