Since the external hard drive keeps disconnecting issue occurs only after upgrading to macOS Big Sur, it's highly likely there are some system bugs that prevent your drives from functioning normally. Another possibility is your drive doesn't support the upgraded OS. To fix the disconnecting issue, you can choose to upgrade or downgrade the macOS. However, before that, it's necessary to recover data from disconnecting external hard drives.
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Now we can proceed with solutions to fix the external hard drive keeps disconnecting on Mac problem.
To start with, run a basic combability check of your external hard drive. Go to Seagate official website and see if your model works with the OS you install. If yes, as mentioned above, the biggest culprit so far is the macOS itself. Therefore, you can either wait for the next update and hope Mac engineers can fix this issue. Or, you can manually downgrade to the previous macOS. If not, the only option left is to downgrade macOS.
The process to downgrade macOS requires full preparations. You may refer to the link above for a detailed and comprehensive tutorial.
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