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Flash drives do not show up on Macbook Pro

I have a 2012 pre retina macbook pro with a strange problem. When I plug in any flash drive, it does not show on the desktop or in disk utility. But when I plug in an external hard drive (seagate) it works fine. I installed a clean copy of the OS and it still did the same thing. The USB ports are obviously working, but I can not figure out why only flash drives do not appear to be connected.

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iBoysoft author Vain Rowe

Vain Rowe

Answered on Thursday, March 9, 2023

Hi there, since you mentioned that the Seagate external hard drive works well on your macOS computer, I confirm the computer driver and OS is functional. You can head to Disk Utility to select Show All Devices to see if it shows on your Mac.

Step 1: Connect your flash drive to your computer and launch Disk Utility.

Step 2: Click the downward arrow on top of the View button and select Show All Devices.

Step 3: Check if the flash drive appears.

Meanwhile, I am not sure what "any" means. Does it mean that you have tried all your flash drives on your Mac computer? If does, I feel sorry to tell you that your flash drives might be failed and you can buy a new one with good quality.

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