Can't find my passport 1TB for mac on the computer? WD External Drives. External Drives for Mac. Hello there and welcome to the WD community. Try installing the WD security software in order to see if by writing the password wrong 5 time then you will get a prompt stating that the drive will be erased, you will see a check box that says i.
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I am very afraid to connect it to my Mac, now that I’m using Yosemite.Any word of any possible problems?!I didn’t use WD a year ago, but I know what happened with Mavericks and the data loss problems!Can anyone ensure me, more likely GUARANTEE, that I can go on and use it with Yosemite?I have not found an answer anywhwere elseI’ve signed up here just for this.Also, should I beforehand check with the WD softwares installed on my Mac, if there’s any updates or something?There is this app called WDFirmwareUpdater, but I haven’t dared touch it yet.Thank you!:smileycat. Why did I write 1TB? It’s 2TB, so it’s the same exact disk as yours.Mine only says WD My Passport for Mac on it though, no Ultra. (it’s 2014) (brushed metal on top/bottom, black on sides)So you haven’t tried with Yosemite? I knew about that Mavericks issue, I heard last yearIt’s weird though that with a different Mac still with Mavericks it works!
Happy for you!Unfortunately I have no way of backing it up, I have no space.It’s almost full, so it’s almost 2TB of data we’re talking about.My Mac is 750GB (2012 MBP), and my Time Capsule is 2TB but is used to back up the Mac with Time Machine.I would have to buy yet another hard disk to make a copy of the WD one, MEH.I think I better wait for WD to release the proper software for Yosemite, like they did last year for Mavericks.I really look forward to hearing other experiences. I had a similar problem on OS X Yosemite: I’m able to connect through afp, but I wasn’t able over Yosemite to connect using WD client Apps (I just realized that yesterday), my WD Book Live 1TB was connected to a switch connected to my Airport Extreme. I had changed that arrangment and connected the switch to my Time Capsule that was connected to my Airport Extreme. IiMac 27 ' is connected to that same airport extreme.I had made a new arrangement and connected directly the WD Book Live to Time Capsule ethernet ports and Now I can see the unit.Will test to see what happens. How did it go? Let us know!I don’t know of any permanent solution from WD as of yet.
I’m afraid the “not mounting” is the most common problem with WD on Yosemite.Don’t worry, you didn’t waste your money. WD are very valuable hard disks, one of the best out there. That being said, there’d been the same frenzy when Mavericks came out. Incompatible, not mounting, not working properlyfor a lot of people.
The story is just repeating itself now, with Yosemite. WD is not good/fast enough at making its software compatible when a new Apple OS comes out, that is for sure.
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But don’t throw the disk away just yet, a solution will have to come Yosemite has been out for a long time now, they must work with that.Actually, I guess I’m one of the very lucky ones, my WD MyPassport works fine on Yosemite! One day I was just sick and tired of waiting after months of doubts and fears, so I just plugged it in.
Risky move, risking a lot of things. But it mounted, it opened, and my stuff was all there. And it’s been like that ever since, there have even been small updates to Yosemite, and none of them seem to have affected the compatibility. I do have the standard WD software installed on my WD drive (that’s usually what f.cks things up and creates problems), so I really really really don’t know why or how it is compatible with Yosemite for me.
But nonetheless I fear everyday that it might end! WD needs to solve the problem, once and for all. So my personal situation is “solved” as long as it works, meh. Would like to know if I’m the only one?@harian I am very sorry to hear you’re among those who had loss of files upon mounting on Yosemite.
Even if I don’t think files actually get “deleted”, they must still be there I’m almost sure of that (I’m no expert, but I don’t think a software incompatibility can erase a disk at that level). WD doing something, that’s a though one. No one really knows I had personally (sort of angrily) contacted them, upon the release of Yosemite, so almost a year ago now, demanding explanations and solutions.
They told me the “testing” of their WD drives hadn’t even begun, on Yosemite. At that timenow I don’t know. I do hope something is moving, it would be really weird of them otherwise.
I suggest you to directly contact WD and request explanations/anything you needBottom line, I now personally find myself with a working WD MyPassport 2T drive, no idea why. So I haven’t contacted them anymore, it’s been almost a year now I don’t know what the deal is right now. I suggest anyone who has problems (the majority) to contact them, let your voices be heard loud. They must have done something in one year, some software update, some firmware update, testingsomething!Now El Capitan is coming, I fear for my drive, that compatibility will be over. And it’ll be the same old story all over again, like with Mavericks, like with Yosemite. WD wake up.I also suggest y’all refer to this thread as well, looks like the biggest one for these issues, and there are some “solutions” that users have tried (obviously go to the last page, there’s posts from 2015).
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