# My WD is not recognized by Mac!

**URL:** <https://forums.sandisk.com/t/my-wd-is-not-recognized-by-mac/412249>\
**Category:** External SSD for macOS\
**Created:** [September 1, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/my-wd-is-not-recognized-by-mac/412249 "2014-09-01T20:29:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![djxz25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@djxz25](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/djxz25)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/my-wd-is-not-recognized-by-mac/412249/1 "2014-09-01T20:29:22Z")

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Just yesterday My WD elements portable 1tb external hardrive was working fine, But when I connected it to my computer today, the Mac doesnt even recognized that i plugged it in! The light s flashing so it’s pbviously reciving power, but I dont know whats wrong. Please help!

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**Author:** ![Trancer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sandisk/user_avatar/forums.sandisk.com/trancer/32/36707_2.png) [@Trancer](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/Trancer)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/my-wd-is-not-recognized-by-mac/412249/2 "2014-09-02T20:00:01Z")

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Have you tried changing the USB cable? And is the hard drive detected within your Mac’s Disk Utility application for diagnostics?

[http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a\_id/1362/](http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1362/)

Regards,